Madison Claire Foundation

06/05/2024

It has been an incredible journey since the opening of Madison's Place in 2016 helping other communities with their inclusive playgrounds - we have been involved with playgrounds in MN, WI, and MI! We have decided that the Stillwater Inclusive Playground at New Heights Charter School will be our last project we assist with. The Stillwater project will begin construction in November, however they still need to raise $75,000 to add the rubberized surfacing to the entire playground which is imperative for accessibility. Thank you for all your support and if you can, please consider a donation to help them reach this goal.

We are trying to raise another $75,000 to make our community playgro… Christie Hogan needs your support for Support Our Community's Inclusive Playground Dream

05/16/2023

Happy Birthday Madison! ❤️

07/07/2022

05/16/2022

It's hard to believe Madison would be 20 years old today. We continue to quietly work to support accessible and inclusive play through her foundation. This past year we purchased an adult sized changing table and accessible tables for Madison's Place, purchased an accessible spinner and an accessible table for a neighborhood playground in Wedgewood Heights for a family living near the playground, working with a group in Stillwater to bring an inclusive playground to the North Hill area, and supporting the Sartell Lions Club as they plan out their inclusive playground campaign https://thenewsleaders.com/lions-clubs-plans-accelerate.../. Happy Birthday Madison - all of these wonderful things happen because of you.

11/12/2021

Good Afternoon - see the below call for help! If you live in or near Stillwater & would like an inclusive playground in your community, please consider joining this task force to see where you can help.

We are looking for people to join our task force to help us bring an inclusive/accessible playground to the North Hill area. We are looking for community members, parents, and business owners to join us on this mission! If you are interested please let us know by sending us a message through FB messenger or comment on this post. Our next meeting is on Monday, November 15 at 4:00 at New Heights School in Stillwater.

06/04/2021

With the help of a grant we received from the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, today the Madison Claire Foundation was able to donate $15,000 to the City of Woodbury to purchase an adult sized changing table for Madison's Place, 3 accessible picnic tables for Madison's Place and help fund an accessible spinner for a new playground in Wedgewood Heights.

12/01/2020

It’s - if you have a minute to vote for Madison Claire Foundation we would be so grateful. This funding would help us purchase equipment for Stillwater’s New Heights School inclusive playground.

Through Choose Your Charity, we're giving $165,000 to Minnesota nonprofits! Vote today!

11/24/2020

Good Morning! We could use your help! Old National Bank is giving $5,000 to 30 MN non profits in their banking community. That $5,000 would help Madison Claire Foundation purchase a piece of equipment for the New Heights School inclusive playground project in Stillwater. All we need is votes - you can vote once a day through Dec 17th.

Through Choose Your Charity, we're giving $165,000 to Minnesota nonprofits! Vote today!

11/19/2020

Today is Give to the Max Day! We are supporting a project near & dear to our heart - Stillwater's New Heights Charter School Inclusive Playground Project. 35% of New Heights students qualify for special education services and they lack a playground to support these students.

If you have a few minutes to read about the project and a few dollars to spare today, it would mean the world to so many kiddos.

New Heights School is a small K-12 public charter school established in 1993 and currently operates high atop the North Hill of Stillwater, MN. New Heights School was the first K-12 charter school to ever open in the United States and is currently operating in its...

07/07/2020

See post below on how you can help New Heights Charter School in Stillwater raise funding for an inclusive playground! Have items to donate? They are collecting today thru July 9th.

Hello Madison's Place families! We are making a call for help - the New Heights Charter School in Stillwater is raising funding to build an inclusive playground for their school and the Stillwater community. They are having a garage sale fundraiser in July and are seeking donations of items in good condition (no adult clothing but will take youth, toddler and infant in good condition).

Donations can be dropped of on July 7th 10am-2pm at the school 614 Mulberry Street, Stillwater or you can contact Christie at the school to make arrangements for another time to drop off: [email protected]

06/28/2019

Yesterday we received an award from Pediatric Home Service for Madison’s Place as top adaptive playground in MN! We also had the honor of being interviewed by Maisy their patient advocate ☺️

05/16/2019

Happy Birthday to our shining star Madison!