Enable Madison County

🌱 June Garden Hours Are Here! Looking for a flexible way to give back this summer? Join us in the Enable Madison County Garden!

Fresh vegetables grown in the garden helps support aging, homebound, and limited mobility residents throughout Madison County, and volunteers make it all possible.

🌱 Individual volunteers are welcome during open hours
🌱 Groups should schedule in advance through our website

We would love to see you in the garden this month!

Please help us welcome Yolanda Turner to Enable Madison County! 💙

Yolanda has joined our team as our Safety Net Coordinator, where she will lead case management efforts and connect residents with resources and support that strengthen safety, stability, and independence at home.

We are excited to have her compassion, heart for service, and dedication to helping others as part of our mission, and look forward to the impact she will make for aging and homebound residents across Madison County.

Welcome to the Enable Madison County family, Yolanda!

We’ve shared Reina’s story a few times recently, but we appreciated this article from 256 Today for highlighting another often-overlooked perspective: caregivers.

While the story began with a wheelchair ramp for our 7-year-old client, it is also about grandparents navigating the daily physical and emotional responsibilities of caregiving. At Enable Madison County, caregivers are often a major part of our client communication, care coordination, and ongoing support systems.

It’s a reminder that the impact of services like ramps, fall prevention, deliveries, and weatherization often extends beyond the individual client. These services also support the family members and caregivers, helping loved ones remain safely at home.

Thank you to 256 Today for sharing this side of the story and to the volunteers from the Redstone Arsenal Silver Chapter of the US Army Warrant Officer Association who helped make the project possible.

Read the article here:
https://256today.com/madison-county-volunteers-help-grandparents-caring-for-child-with-special-needs/

Madison County volunteers help grandparents caring for child with special needs Enable Madison County and Redstone Arsenal volunteers partnered to build a wheelchair ramp for a Madison County family raising a child with

👏🏽 Please join us in welcoming our two newest Board Members to Enable Madison County, Kelsi Long with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, and Duke Tucker with Pinnacle Solutions.

We’re excited to have their leadership, experience, and heart for community helping guide our mission as we continue serving aging and homebound residents across Madison County.

Strong communities are built by people willing to step forward and serve, and we’re grateful to have Duke and Kelsi joining us in that work.

Welcome to the Enable Madison County family.

🇺🇸 The Enable Madison County office and garden will be closed in observance of Memorial Day as we take time to honor and remember those who served our country.

Regular office hours and garden volunteer hours will resume Tuesday.

We wish everyone a safe and meaningful Memorial Day weekend. ❤️🤍💙

We are grateful to WAAY-TV 31 News for sharing the story behind a recent wheelchair ramp build completed by Enable Madison County volunteers and the Redstone Arsenal Silver Chapter of the US Army Warrant Officer Association

While we shared photos from the build, this story highlights the deeper impact for 7-year-old Reina, a Madison County resident, living with a traumatic brain injury. Because she relies entirely on her grandparents for mobility and daily care, the new ramp now gives her grandparents a safer, easier way to get her in and out of the home each day, reducing physical strain while making daily routines safer and more manageable.

We are also deeply thankful to the Alexander family for allowing us to share their story and helping shine a light on the importance of accessibility, caregiving, and community support.

Read the full story here:
www.waaytv.com/news/madison-county-nonprofit-builds-ramp-for-7-year-old-girl-with-brain-injury/article_2dbf10d7-6045-4e12-bd23-3c1758a464a5.html



Photo Credit: WAAY 31
Journalist: Karenna Chaudin
Chris Tatum WAAY 31

Madison County nonprofit builds ramp for 7-year-old girl with brain injury Enable Madison County built a custom wheelchair ramp for 7-year-old Reina McLemore, giving her and her grandparents a safer way in and out of their home.

A ramp repair can mean the difference between isolation and independence for the residents we serve.

This week, volunteers came together to repair a wheelchair ramp for an aging resident in Madison County, making their home safer and easier to navigate once again.

Not every act of service is a brand-new build. Sometimes it’s maintaining what already exists so someone can continue living safely, confidently, and with dignity at home.

A few weeks back, the team from Legacy Homes spent the day building a wheelchair ramp for a homebound and aging Madison County resident.

Because of community partners like Legacy Homes, residents are able to navigate their homes more safely and maintain independence where it matters most, at home.

Thank you to the Legacy Homes team for showing up, serving, and helping make a lasting impact one ramp at a time. 💙

A ramp changes more than access, it changes daily life. 💙

Recently, Enable Madison County partnered with volunteers from the Redstone Arsenal Silver Chapter of the US Army Warrant Officer Association to build a wheelchair ramp for a 7-year-old girl living with a traumatic brain injury and being raised by her grandparents.

What was once a difficult and physically demanding challenge for her family is now a safer, easier path in and out of their home.

This is what community looks like.
Volunteers showing up.
Supporters making projects possible.
Residents gaining safety, dignity, and independence.

Thank you to every volunteer, donor, and partner who helps make moments like this possible.

Sometimes the best moments happen after the work is done 🩵

During their final visit to the Enable Madison County Garden for the school year, the Sparkman High School Learning Community gathered with our staff for a pizza party, conversation, and time together.

Over the year, these students helped grow fresh produce for aging and homebound residents across Madison County, while also becoming a valued part of the Enable family.

We’re grateful for their service, their kindness, and the joy they brought to the garden this year.