The Michael Carter Foundation was established to help other non profit organizations in Northeast
Ohio.  

With a focus on Special Needs, the Michael Carter foundation provides donations to others to:
Improve Quality of Life
Provide Funds for Research
Increase Awareness
Provide Services
"Recognizing and respecting differences in others, and treating everyone like you want them to treat you,
will help make our world a better place for everyone. Care... be your best. You don't have to be
handicapped to be different. Everyone is different!"
- Kim Peek, inspiration for Rain Main.
Mission
Help organizations that care for individuals
with special needs create peace of mind and
allow the families they serve to concentrate
on living.  We do this by providing
education, resources and financial solutions
through a process that encourages ongoing
communication between families, care
givers and trusted advisors.
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To learn more about the Michael Carter Group click here:
Michael Carter Group
Please join us for our next 2 basketball leagues December 27th - 29th.  "Everyone Wins" is a league for all
kids and young adults with Special Needs.  Please contact Steve Thompson at 216-702-7444 for further
information.
The Michael Carter Foundation now has its own wine!  The
wine is called “One Less Label” and is now available for
sale.  

Through the amazing generosity of Auburn Twin Oaks
Winery and its owners – Beth and Jay Schabel – we have
created a blend of Zinfandel with a touch of Malbec and
Carmenere to create a medium bodied wine.  Auburn Twin
Oaks Winery brings the grapes in from the Suisun Valley
just Southeast of Napa - crushing and fermenting them
here in their Chagrin Falls winery, letting them age in
stainless for over two years to slowly mature using oak
chips to ensure we impart just the right amount of oak to
the wine.  Please visit their website at
www.auburntwinoaks.com

The owner - Jay Schabel explains this new wine:

The wine developed its name from an event held by the
Michael Carter Foundation in which over 75 people
working for non-profits in the field of children with Special
Needs, were brought together to better understand the
work of the Michael Carter Group.  As a part of the
experience, the people were broken into teams of ten to
learn more about the winery and social/environmental
mission and then to work together to design and submit a
label.  The winning label would be on a bottle of wine and
10% of the proceeds would go to the Michael Carter
Foundation to help special needs charities and families.  
We felt it was very appropriate to chose the winning label
entitled “One Less Label” to put on our wine to signify the
many labels misapplied to the special needs community.  
Thus our motto of “Open a Bottle, Open Your Mind, and
Enjoy One Less Label”.

The bottles are $20 each and make a great gift for the
holidays.  Please email us from the "Contact Us" page if
you would like to purchase any bottles.  Thanks for your
consideration to support the Special Needs community
and get a great wine at the same time.
Please contact us at:
The Michael Carter Foundation
1660 West 2nd Street  Suite 850
Cleveland, OH 44113