MARSHFIELD, MA, ISSUED MARCH 13, 2025… Road to Responsibility (RTR), one of the region’s largest and most successful nonprofit organizations supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, last night announced the launch of its “Empowering Dreams, Igniting Possibilities” Endowment Campaign.
Proceeds from the campaign will create an Endowment Fund, and the annual revenue will directly support RTR’s mission of providing opportunities and services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to aid them in becoming productive members of their communities.
The “Empowering Dreams, Igniting Possibilities” Endowment Campaign is designed to ensure long-term sustainability and growth and enhance key components of RTR’s programs, which include residential services, day habilitation, employment services, and community integration. RTR has seen first-hand the challenges and periodic inconsistency associated with state funding. Creating this vital Endowment will also help to create sustainability in challenging economic times.
More than two-thirds of the funds needed to reach their goal have already been raised. “By contributing to this Endowment, donors can help empower dreams and ignite possibilities for many individuals, making a lasting impact on their lives,” said Christopher T. White, Ed.D., president and CEO of Road to Responsibility. “This campaign is not just about funding – it’s about ensuring that we can continue to provide essential services and support for years to come. Every contribution helps us build a future where individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities can thrive, achieve their goals, and become integral members of our communities.”
For more information about the “Empowering Dreams, Igniting Possibilities” Endowment Campaign and how to support this vital effort, please contact Erin Cohen, Senior Director of Philanthropy, at 781-536-4509 or ecohen@rtrinc.org.
About Road to Responsibility, Inc.
Celebrating more than 37 years of making lives better, Road to Responsibility, Inc. (RTR) was established in 1988 with the overarching belief that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities deserve to have full, rich, and rewarding lives in the community, and therefore works to provide the means, the opportunity, and the support necessary to allow citizens with disabilities to take their place as productive members of the community. RTR offers residential, work/employment, day habilitation and other day supports to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. RTR supports individuals with very diverse needs, including those with significant challenges who would otherwise go unserved if not for RTR. It succeeds where other organizations often fail, through the use of an integrated clinical behavioral approach. This model has proven successful and yielded positive results for the organization and the individuals served.
Road to Responsibility offers services to almost all the towns and communities throughout the South Shore and South Coast of Massachusetts, operates 51 residences as well as co-operative and supportive living apartments, and manages nine day-service locations that focus on education, employment, and community enrichment. Road to Responsibility’s main office is located at 1831 Ocean Street, Marshfield, MA. For more information, please visit www.roadtoresponsibility.org.
Photo, left to right: Tim Cahill, South Shore Chamber of Commerce president and CEO; State Senator Patrick O’Connor; Chris White, RTR president and CEO; and State Representative Joan Meschino.
