DIA visitors at a cottage
Opportunity Village has been nominated for the Governor's Award for Quality Care.
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ISU students build equipment for the Village.
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Gary Glassel family
Gary Glassel's family named to Benefit Walk Hall of Fame.  Walkers raise $116,860.
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Twenty high school seniors created a fun carnival for people at Opportunity Village.
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Layers of color
Used clothing from becomes textile art for Earth Day.
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We grow from each other

Ruth Rayburn came to Opportunity Village for the swimming pool, but also found a new friend.

"For some reason, we just seemed to connect," said Ruth, a long-time Clear Lake resident who comes most days to exercise in Boyer Pool.  She made a friend in Nick Boberschmidt, who lives in Four Seasons Cottage and likes to stop by the pool office during the lunch hour.

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First cottage groundbreaking

A place of joy

A group of Clear Lake people came together in the 1960s with a common purpose: to create a caring home for adults with disabilities as an alternative to state institutions. This nucleus included parents of grown children with disabilities, a pastor, a physical therapist, and others who simply understood the desperate need of families.


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