Mission 26

Training young adults with disabilities to prepare them for work.

My name is John Boersma and I live in Hudsonville Michigan with my wife Cristi and my 4 kids Ty, Sadie, Hunter and Wrigley. I have a Special Education degree from Hope College and Master's degree in Integrating Technology in the classroom. I have been a teacher for 19 years, with the last 6 years working at the Tech Center in Ottawa County. I have worked in almost every setting as it relates to Special Education, and have worked over the past 25 years in various trades. I started Mission 26 because I have a passion for helping young adults with disabilities reach their full potential in their communities by showing them various career opportunities, teaching them various work skills and employability skills. The name Mission 26 was created because it is our "mission" to help young adults with disabilities learn the skills necessary to be employable before age 26, which is the age where special education services typically stops. On a personal note, my youngest son Wrigley has Down Syndrome and creating something like Mission 26 has always been a dream of mine, a place where people with disabilities can be trained and prepared for the world!

02/09/2026

Who is ready for summer….🙋🏼‍♂️!!! We are already gearing up for Mission 26’s summer work opportunities and should have a schedule and sign up out soon for those that are interested, stay tuned! We are looking to have multiple variety paid work experiences like in recent years, as well as longer paid work experiences throughout the summer.

09/16/2025

Golf, raffle, community….and Jack's Blend Rubs, BBQ Catering and Smoked Meats for food!!! It’s not too late to sign up, we would love to have you!

08/29/2025

We would love to wrap our community around this event, please reach out if you have interest!

08/05/2025

It was a great summer, stay tuned for more offerings in the future!

07/22/2025

07/17/2025

Session 3 final day: we spent the day at The Pines Golf Course working and helping out with different projects around the course. Thank you to The Pines for making us feel at home and inviting us in! We also celebrated the completion of our session with a little pizza party and golf, it was a great end with a great session of young adults!

07/16/2025

Session 3 day eight: we got to spend the day at CareLinc Home Medical Equipment and Supply with manager Ryan doing some projects for him! The young adults got a feel for a little hot warehouse work and some A/C packaging work…I think they liked the A/C today as it was pretty hot! It’s pretty awesome to show up to a business and have them be so welcoming to our team, integrate them into their work day and still have a great day at work, this is great stuff, thank you Carelinc!

07/15/2025

Session 3 day seven: we got to spend the morning doing a project for Premier Granite & Stone, LLC. This was a great project for us to do as it helps evaluate so many work skills: communication, teamwork, efficiency, problem solving, time on task and work ethic all in one place, thank you!

In the afternoon we headed over to Allendale Ace Home Center to work with Ross, Ashley and so many great team members out there. What’s pretty neat to see is the employees adapting and being so willing to walk along side our crew helping them learn a job and build their skill set. A pretty awesome group of people at Ace out there for sure, thank you!

07/14/2025

Session 3 day six: We spent the morning with Dykstra Detailing learning the process of an exterior detail job. Isaac is such a great teacher and coach as he works alongside our young adults, thank you Isaac!

In the PM we headed over to Straight Line Directional Drilling & Geothermal, Inc. and got a little dirty cleaning up the shop! Thanks Brandon Nagelkirk and Steph for allowing us to come in and work, there is an art to sweeping well!

07/11/2025

Session 3 day five: we spent the day at Meijer in Hudsonville with Miss Merari and her crew. We showed up and got right to work bagging, retail and other department jobs! There is always something to do around Meijer! It was a great first week of work and the young adults have experienced a lot of different types of work and have grown in many different work skills!

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Hudsonville, MI

Website

http://www.mission26.org/

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