MSD’s Discover Wellness Program was established in Late 2018 to better assist our communities in Mississippi. Through this program, we have combined our playground initiative with our new wellness initiative to proudly offer a considerable array of opportunities for both children and adults to live a healthier, more active lifestyle. We foster these opportunities through exciting new activities such as Sports, Arts, Healthy Living and
Inclusive Play. We believe this will enable MSD and the communities we work for to further break down barriers for all children and adults, regardless of their ability level. We are very excited to bring this great new program to the State of Mississippi!

Liberty Village Park | Madison, Mississippi

Liberty Village is the premier inclusive playground in the state of Mississippi. Since 2015, MSD has worked to break down barriers and expand the idea of inclusive play for children of all ability levels and backgrounds. We are so proud to have partnerships with the City of Madison, Madison City Chamber, and the countless businesses and individuals who have teamed up with our organization to bring this vision of inclusion to life!

We are so honored to begin expanding this investment in Mississippi’s youth state-wide. As of 2019, MSD is working with officials and partners in Oxford, MS and Brandon, MS to bring even more inclusive play opportunities to Mississippi’s Children.

Liberty Village Park

2019 Playground Expansion

MSD is seeking Donors and/or Sponsors for all equipment pictured.


Bailey Branch Park

Check Back Soon for the 2019 Expansion Proposal


Garden Terrace Park

Check Back Soon for the 2019 Expansion Proposal


MTK Foundation’s Camp Kamassa

The mission of the Mississippi’s Toughest Kids foundation (MTK) is to build and operate Camp Kamassa,  Mississippi’s only year-round fully handicap accessible camp facility for  children and adults with serious illnesses, mental and physical challenges, and other special needs.  Our vision is to improve the lives of those we intend to serve by providing a safe place for children and adults with special needs to experience the fun, adventure, discovery, and therapeutic benefits of traditional camping experiences.  

Mississippi’s Toughest Kids Foundation was founded in 2009 by Mary Kitchens  as a 501(c)3 Charity.  Mrs. Kitchens’ son, Dan, was diagnosed at the age of 3 with cancer and endured  chemotherapy and radiation  treatments for several years before being declared cancer free.  As a child, Dan attended Camp Rainbow, a camp for children with cancer.  His camping experiences changed his life as well as the lives of the entire Kitchens family.  To this day, Dan and his two brothers still serve as counselors at Camp Rainbow every summer.  Camp Rainbow and other established camps for special needs groups, have all faced one common problem, holding their camps in camp facilities unequipped  to meet the needs of their campers.  Camp Rainbow has had to  move six times over the years to various camp grounds for various reasons.  Other formed camps also  find themselves moving year to year to different facilities. MTK’s Camp Kamassa will mean having one camp facility designed specifically to meet the needs of all these groups.  

The Mississippi Palliative Care and Center for Medically Fragile Children

Have raised approximately $3 million in private funds of the $12 million needed for construction
     
Received C.O.N. approved from Mississippi Department of Health
 
The Mississippi Center for Medically Fragile Children is a nonprofit organization based in Jackson, Mississippi. Its mission is to provide the first pediatric skilled nursing facility in the state of Mississippi that not only helps children and families transition from the hospital back to their homes, but also provides long-term care for some of our state’s most vulnerable pediatric patients.
 
After more than six years of research and development, Mississippi is ready to lead the nation in long-term pediatric palliative care.
  
The term “medically fragile” refers to an array of chronic medical conditions that require specialized care. Patients are typically medically dependent (i.e. infusion therapy, intravenous medications, etc.) or technologically dependent (i.e. ventilator, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), etc.).

The facility will work closely with the Children’s Hospital to help families make the transition from the hospital back to their homes smoothly and safely.
  
A variety of inpatient and outpatient services and therapies will be offered that are tailored to the pediatric patients’ needs.

Four long-term patients, who currently live at Children’s Hospital, will be transitioned to the facility for permanent residency.

The facility will be a 30-bed pediatric skilled nursing facility and will be located near the Mississippi Library Commission and Mississippi Schools for the Blind and the Deaf. The vision for the facility is for it to be in a wooded area offering patients, and their families, a more “homelike” environment that bridges them to their daily lives.
     
Families First for Mississippi is a partner of the project and will offer services to families at the facility.