Minnesota Connect Aphasia Now (MnCAN)

Give to the Max Day 2025 — Help Every Voice Be Heard

At MnCAN (Minnesota Connect Aphasia Now), we believe communication is connection.

Aphasia and Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA) can take away words — but not thoughts, ideas, or the desire to connect. Every day, MnCAN helps people living with aphasia and PPA rebuild confidence, find community, and rediscover their voices.

Imagine not being able to communicate with the people around you. The words are there — but they don’t come out the way you want them to. Reading might seem simple to most people, yet living with aphasia can mean the letters or numbers don’t make sense, comprehension becomes a struggle. Language affects almost everything we do each day - sharing a story, sending a text message, listening to a podcast, reading your favorite book.

For those living with aphasia, these are just a few of the daily challenges they face.

That’s where MnCAN comes in. We bring people with aphasia and PPA together through peer-to-peer connection, conversation practice, community, and hope.

Aphasia and PPA can be isolating and frustrating — but at MnCAN, no one faces these diagnoses alone. We create programs and supports that help participants and their care partners stay connected, build confidence, and participate fully in life.

Your Give to the Max Day gift helps voices be heard — and connections restored. Together, we can make Minnesota a place where communication barriers are replaced with understanding, inclusion, and hope.

 Give today and help every voice be heard.

Help create the opportunity for connection and communication in a safe, supportive place.   A place where "you are not alone -- a place where you see that life can get better, that you can improve".      

Over 120 persons with aphasia and their care partners are connected through MnCAN to support, education, and communication practice through 20 different groups located in the Twin Cities and in outstate MN.  We know there are many more people living with aphasia and primary progressive aphasia that could benefit from access to MnCAN's programs.

HELP PEOPLE WITH APHASIA AND PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA 

BUILD HOPE, FRIENDSHIP, AND COMMUNICATION   

      Thank you for making a life changing difference today!