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TBI Metro Services to hold bike helmet sales to promote safety and brain injury awareness
April 7, 2008 - TBI Metro Services, a division of Opportunity Partners, will sell bike helmets at wholesale cost of $10 each on May 6 in Richfield and May 13 in West St. Paul. [More]

Gregory Keane, Sharon Stein elected to Opportunity Partners Board of Directors
April 7, 2008 - Gregory Keane, Chief Financial Officer for the Bush Foundation, and Sharon Stein, Vice President for HealthPartners Health Behavior Group, have been elected to the Opportunity Partners Board of Directors. [More]

Karen Gaffney to speak in Twin Cities at free Opportunity Partners event
March 10, 2008 - Karen Gaffney, an amazing young woman with Down syndrome, will share her inspirational message at a free event Wednesday, May 14 in Bloomington. [More]

Opportunity Partners' Karlins Center awarded $5,000 national grant for music therapy program for people with autism
February 25, 2008 - The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation has awarded its first Minnesota grant to Opportunity Partners' Karlins Center for its music therapy program for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. [More]

Spaghetti dinner set for March 6 at Opportunity Partners
January 18, 2008 - Take a night off from cooking and help support people with disabilities by attending the Hopkins Noontime Lions Club's spaghetti dinner benefiting Opportunity Partners. [More]

Opportunity Partners offers spring program for youth with disabilities
December 17, 2007 - Navigating the transition between school and adulthood can be difficult for students with disabilities, as well as their parents. Opportunity Partners is partnering with Edina Adaptive Recreation to offer 'Navigators,' a three-day program for youth in transition (ages 16-21). [More]

Companies earn employment awards from Opportunity Partners
October 29, 2007 - Opportunity Partners presented System Design Advantage, Borders Books and Music Cafe, and Thermo King with awards for their efforts in providing work for people with disabilities. [More]

Opportunity Partners opens new senior center called Golden Opportunity
July 9, 2007 - Opportunity Partners has opened a new day program in Eden Prairie for senior citizens with developmental disabilities. [More]

Brenda Goral joins Opportunity Partners
June 12, 2007 - Brenda Goral has joined Opportunity Partners as Vice President, Vocational Services. In her role, she oversees employment and personal development programs for individuals with developmental disabilities, autism, brain injury and other special needs. [More]

Opus breaks ground on Opportunity Partners expansion
May 10, 2007 - Representatives from Opus Northwest, L.L.C., and Opportunity Partners gathered at the site of a multimillion dollar expansion and renovation project for Opportunity Partners' headquarters for a ceremonial groundbreaking. [More]

Opportunity Partners’ Career Camp is a success!
Click here to learn more about this unique opportunity for students with disabilities to learn about careers and develop skills. [More]

Work in Progress (WIP) AmeriCorps program
Opportunity Partners is one of five partnering agencies in the Work in Progress (WIP) AmeriCorps program, which guides people through job placement and community integration. [More]