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Understanding Disabilities, Creating Opportunities, Promoting Community.

United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Dane County (UCP) is dedicated to understanding disabilities, creating opportunities and promoting a community where everyone belongs. Through our model programs, we strive to make a lasting difference in the lives of children and adults with a spectrum of disabilities and their families. Beyond cerebral palsy, we also support individuals with autism, epilepsy, Down syndrome, traumatic brain injury and delays in speech, mobility and development.

UCP offers varying levels of service to 1400 individuals annually across a nine-county area including: Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Grant, Iowa, Jefferson, Juneau, Richland and Sauk Counties.

Melanie Patterson: board member and volunteer

  • Mar 29
  • Posted By: (ucpdane)
Melanie Patterson: board member and volunteer Melanie Patterson, a board member and an active volunteer, shares her family’s experience with United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Dane County (UCP). "Our son Marc has multiple disabilities and our family’s first experience with UCP was through its Birth to 3 program. When Marc was only four months old, we saw signs that his development was not on track, and he was deemed eligible for early child and family support services through UCP’s Birth to 3 Connections program. Over the course of the next three years, UCP therapists came to our home two to…
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UCP Days 2012

UCP Days is a month-long public awareness and fundraising campaign held throughout June. United Cerebral Palsy works with area businesses to organize the participation of over 2,000 area employees. This year, businesses can choose to participate in our UCP…
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Taste of Madison 2012

The Taste of Madison is an annual event on the Capitol Square during Labor Day weekend at which local restaurants sell samples from their menus. UCP recruits and manages close to 800 volunteers who sell beverages to the public.…
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