Ways to Give

Ways to Give

When you donate to MTC, your gift helps empower people with disabilities to lead the lives they choose.

Donations can be made in a variety of ways.

You can select to give a gift once a year or you may make convenient monthly contributions by check, credit card or through our secure donation page.

  • Directly sponsor services for individuals who cannot pay for vital services themselves, through a donation to the Robert Chase Memorial Fund.
  • Sponsor a specialty service—fully or partially—such as the Computer Lab, MTC Fine Arts Studio, or transportation.
  • Donate in-kind gifts like property, equipment, training materials, art supplies, etc.
  • Sponsor or underwrite our special events.
  • Hold peer-to-peer fundraisers on behalf of MTC ONLINE, with your friends, connecting with your personal networks.
  • When possible, hold an event in the MTC Fine Arts Gallery for your social or professional network..s

Robert Chase Memorial Fund

Helping People Reach Their Potential

Hundreds of people with disabilities in our community are not receiving the services and support they need to live up to their full potential. The Robert Chase Memorial Fund helps bridge that gap by providing scholarship assistance for individuals who:

  • Are on the waiting list for funding
  • Have experienced significant reductions in their funding through the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD)


The fund was established to honor the life of Robert Chase, a compassionate young man who began volunteering at MTC as a teenager. His early experiences left a lasting impression, inspiring him to dedicate his life to serving people with developmental disabilities—until his untimely passing in 1994.

Art with Impact

Robert’s father, Captain Ray Chase, was a well-known Tampa artist and retired mariner. He specialized in maritime and Old Florida landscape oil paintings, generously donating all proceeds from the sale of his artwork to the Robert Chase Memorial Fund.

How You Can Help

Your gift ensures that individuals with disabilities can access the services they need to thrive.

Donate Now and indicate Robert Chase Scholarship Fund in the “Additional Comments” section of the billing information.

Together, we can carry forward Robert’s legacy of compassion and service.

We’d Love to Hear From You!
Use the Contact Form on the left, or you can reach us here:

Email: info @ macdonaldcenter.org
Phone 813-870-1300
Fax 813-872-6010

YOUR GIFT IS IMPORTANT!

Thousands of people with all disabilities are working and living independently because people like you care. Your gifts bridge the gap between government assistance for people with disabilities and what is truly needed to make them independent and happy.

Your gift today will change lives tomorrow.

MTC Needs You!

Put Hope Into Action

Join us in creating opportunities for people with disabilities in our community. Your time, skills, and compassion can make a lasting difference.

Ways to Get Involved

  • Volunteer – Support programs and events that empower independence
  • Mentor – Share your experience and guidance with participants
  • Advocate – Help spread awareness and build inclusive communities


Together, we can turn possibility into reality.

MacDonald Training Center is committed to provide integrated employment, internships and workforce advancement opportunities for people with disabilities, while providing affordable and professional services for our business customers.

Packaging, Kitting and Fulfillment are areas of great expertise and experience, providing quality services to the business community. MTC has proudly packaged and shipped over 20 million SunPass transponders for Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise since 2007.

MTC’s expansive, dedicated “Distribution Center” replicates industry standards and is adjacent to our main production area. It is used for receipt, temporary storage, and redistribution of goods according to customer orders as they are received.

Live, Learn, Connect!
MTC offers comprehensive Day Services, individualized Employment Services, enriching Youth Camp Experiences, supportive Residential Services that promote independence and community living. MTC’s eMerge Career Collaborative provides innovative Post-Secondary Education.

Shop greeting cards created by MTC Fine Artists—available online and at our Tampa location. You can also purchase repurposed parade beads, sorted, and packaged by volunteers. In partnership with the City of Tampa, these reclaimed beads are kept out of Tampa Bay and sold back to parade crews for local celebrations.

MacDonald Training Center (MTC) transforms the lives of people with all disabilities through innovations in vocational training, employment services, residential supports and life enrichment opportunities. MTC’s programs are customized to meet the needs and learning styles of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Autism Spectrum disorder, and those who are Deaf and hard of hearing.