What is the Options & Opportunities Gala?

A celebration of our participants in our programs, our community, and partnerships over the years and upcoming years.

Who/How does it benefit?

Options Unlimited has provided a variety of services over the past 40 years that provide assistance and support for individuals with disabilities in the community to help reach their full potential. To continue to provide these services, it is critical for us to have other funding resources to help fill the gaps in government dollars.

Options Unlimited current and future partnerships with the people and businesses of the community is absolutely essential for the success of our programs. Through our programs and the relationship with our community partners this allows the individuals that we support to reach their goals and full potential.

Here are a few of our programs and services your partnership will help support;

Supported Employment Program
Adult Day Program
Forever Yes! Program and Talent Show (Every July)
UPS TLC Program
Future programs to expand support

Highlights

Over the past five years, Options has provided employment-related services to 1250 individuals with various disabilities.
Over the past five years, Options assisted 485 individuals with disabilities in finding competitive integrated employment in the community.
Since July 1 of 2022, Options has seen a 105% increase in referrals, showing the high demand for individuals in the community needing assistance in employment related services.
Since the inception of the Options Unlimited UPS Transitional Learning Center (TLC) located at the UPS Worldport, 750 individuals with disabilities have participated in the training program.
Currently 280 individuals are actively working at UPS Worldport that successfully completed the UPS TLC program.
The Forever Yes! Program has over 300 participants annually from Bullitt County Public Schools and Jefferson County Public Schools.
Adult Day Program assists 23 individuals with a wide range of disabilities on an annual basis with a focus on independent living skills and daily community outings.

Options & Opportunities Gala 2025

Saturday, November 1st, 2025 at Paroquet Springs Conference Center - Entertainment by JD Shelburne (Must Be 21+ To Attend)