Kerry Kafafian, BBA '88; Many Hands Lifesharing Community, a nonprofit is on a mission to create a groundbreaking haven for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in Washtenaw County, offering a vibrant and thriving housing and care community where everyone can thrive, regardless of ability. Many Hands' Board of Directors announced, the organization has secured a 90-acre parcel of land on Baker Road, Dexter just outside of Ann Arbor. Many Hands aims to develop a farmstead community which will provide nurturing, family-like homes for individuals with IDD and their caregivers. “Everyone yearns to belong and deserves to be part of a community,” says Many Hands Founder and Board Chair, Kerry Kafafian. “The many social aspects built into our model will nurture this most human desire, and foster community, while providing residents safety and greater sense of independence not available to them in the larger world.” [EST. 09/2023]