Mission
Established in 2007, ACME Co-op was founded to address the desire for a sense of community and purpose for people with disabilities. ACME Co-op is intended to be a diverse community, centered around people with disabilities, and guided by the Eight Habits of the Heart; courage, hope, dependability, high expectations, brotherhood & sisterhood, responsibility, nurturing, friendship.
Acme Co-op will be a relaxed, friendly, beautiful and positive place:
- where members, visitors and caregivers will say: "What happens to someone here matters to everyone. We watch out for and care for one another."
- where days are filled with activities—with place and time for rest—around people who care, are knowledgeable, understanding, empathetic, filled with respect, good will and acceptance.
- that supports individual change through informed relationships.
- that promotes a feeling that there is hope for individual learning, and a sense of wholeness about everything.
Our community will be a place where everyone has the support they need to live a confident, ordinary life. Members with a disability can live alone without being alone in their own home and have the opportunity to make meaningful life choices, especially with whom to live. All of the membership, including the off-site family, friends and relatives, will work together to create an enjoyable and healthy lifestyle, which will include care for the community's environment. Paid caregivers will love working here.