The Cause
100% of the Proceeds of Your Purchase SUPPORT essential services for people with disabilities
Every purchase you make at Planet Access helps open doors to community life for people with disabilities. For over 20 years, Toad&Co + Search Inc. have partnered to create opportunities for people with disabilities to live inclusive lives within communities where they are accepted, valued and able to contribute as equals.
Our commitment to full community inclusion is demonstrated by the lives people are living on a daily basis. They volunteer at local charities alongside people of all abilities, engage in self-advocacy, use public transportation and other community resources, connect to their world using the internet and social media, work at local businesses and explore new experiences.
Planet Access is a social enterprise partnership of Toad&Co + Search Inc. Search is a 501(c)3 non-profit that empowers individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to achieve their full potential, accept a valued role in their community and lead rich, rewarding lives.
Search provides a wide range of flexible, personalized services including supported living arrangements, adult learning and employment programs, as well as medical, behavorial, therapy and home-based services.
Our vision is of a world where all people live, learn, work and play alongside one another, bringing their unique abilities to the community.
All profits from your purchase at Planet Access are invested back into Search's programs.
To find out more, please visit: www.search-inc.org
1968: Search Opens Its First Program for Children with Disabilities
At a time when children with developmental disabilities were excluded from getting a public education, Search got its start as a grassroots movement of parents pushing for the inclusion of their children into the public school system.
1995: Horny Toad Activewear, Now Toad&Co, Launches New Brand
Founded in Telluride, CO, launched as a national brand from Chicago and now headquartered in Santa Barbara, Toad&Co has made durable clothing from eco-friendly fabrics for active outdoor and urban lifestyles for over two decades. Toad&Co is committed to a sustainable and responsible world for the future.
1997: Toad&Co and Search Co-found Planet Access Company
Planet Access Company is a third party logistics provider and warehouse. Our Vision in Launching the warehouse was to: 1) build a social enterprise that would connect people with disabilities tot he real economy, 2) create awareness and foster inclusion for people with disabilities, and 3) inspire other for profit + not-for-profit social enterprise partnerships.
2004: Toad&Co and Search Launch Search for Adventure
With warehouse profits and grants from Toad&Co, Search for Adventure provides individuals with developmental disabilities first-time outdoor adventure experiences. Since the inaugural trip to Graceland, trips have included hiking the Appalachian Trail, experiencing the majesty of the Grand Canyon, and riding the range at Powderhorn Dude Ranch in Colorado among many others.
Today: Toad&Co and Search Launch Partner Store
Toad&Co is our biggest warehouse customer and longtime partner for social good. Toad&Co staff join our Search for Adventure trips as volunteers, host artist from our Visibility Arts program at their headquarters yearly, and work with our Disability Awareness Players to integrate disability-aware practices into their core business strategies. Planet Access takes our partnership to the next level.