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
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.