Opportunity Enterprises' Mission: To create sustainable life choices and
opportunities for individuals with unique challenges and abilities.

Our mission as Catholic Christians: to build and sustain the Body of Christ!


The 2010 Catholic Youth Xperience is partnering with Opportunity Enterprises to support both missions!

CYX 2010 participants will be engaged in two key principles of Catholic social teaching: the dignity of the human person and the call to community and participation. We are xcited to announce that we are partnering with Opportunity Enterprises, an organization that serves more than 1,000 persons with developmental disabilities throughout Porter County and Northwest Indiana. They serve people with Autism, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, traumatic brain injuries, severe physical and mental disabilities, and more.

Before CYX: All CYX participants will be encouraged to raise monetary donations for Opportunity Enterprises’ new OE Lakeside Fundraising Campaign. Their goal is to raise enough money to expand their Lake Eliza facility to serve more clients. Thanks to the Dean and Barbara White Family Foundation, they will match every dollar we raise. Donations will be collected at CYX check-in.

Learn More about the OE Lakeside Project

During CYX: Perhaps the most xciting part of the CYX partnership: an estimated 60-80 residents from OE group homes will join us for a community outreach picnic for lunch on Sunday! We will present OE with a check for the amount collected. The picnic will include music, fun DYC skits created for our guests, games, and promises to be a great chance to show teens how great it can be when he heed Paul’s words that we are ALL the Body of Christ:

But God has so constructed the body as to give greater honor to a part that is without it, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same concern for one another. If (one) part suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if one part is honored, all the parts share its joy. (1 Cor 12: 24-26)

Learn more about OE's Residential Program

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> PDF DONATION INFO SHEETS  To assist in fundraising efforts, download/print these half-sheet information slips, which can be distributed to those you ask for a donation.

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