Today is #GivingTuesday.
Carey Services is participating in the annual worldwide observance to raise awareness and money for charitable causes. Your donation today could buy art supplies for our new studio, or you could designate it to something meaningful to you.
To make a financial donation, click here. Gifts of more than $100 could qualify for Neighborhood Assistance Program state tax credits.
Carey Services is selling holiday cards that feature holiday-themed artwork created by artists participating in our new art studio. We’ve selected six pieces of art that will be turned into holiday cards you can buy and send this holiday season.
Each card will have a simple holiday message to reflect the spirit of the season: “Wishing You the Best This Holiday Season.”
You can order an assortment package of 12 5-inch by 7-inch cards and envelopes (two of each piece of art) until Dec. 8. Each 12 pack is $19; the artists who created the cards will receive a portion of the proceeds for their work.
Click here for more information and for a link to place an order.
Carey Services is sponsoring training for job coaches and job developers involved in the employment services field.
The training will be Dec. 8 and 9 at Ivy Tech Community College in Marion.
Training will be conducted by staff with Norwich Consulting Services. Mike Heifner is a senior employment consultant with NCS and has more than 25 years as an employment services professional. Laura Cummings is a program consultant with NCS and has extensive experience in the employment services field.
Cost of the training is $119 for each session; someone who attends both sessions will get a discounted rate of $99 for each.
You can download the flyer with more information here.
To register, click here.
For more information, you can email Laura at laura@norwichcs.com.
Carey Services has released the November edition of Access, the monthly newsletter that highlights agency activities.
The Access newsletter features agency plans for Giving Tuesday, a national charitable observance, and has an announcement about the new I CARE promotional campaign. Access will provide a monthly look inside the agency to show ways the agency and its clients interact in the world in which we live, work and play.
You can find the November issue here.
For years, Black Friday has been a national obsession.
With the rise of online shopping, Cyber Monday (the Monday after Black Friday) has become one of the biggest shopping days of the year.
Recently, a new trend called Giving Tuesday has begun growing to provide people a chance to donate their time, talents and treasure as the holiday season opens.
Carey Services will part of the Nov. 29th Giving Tuesday observance. As you think about how you might give on that day, consider the many opportunities you have to connect with Carey Services and the work we do to help people with disabilities turn abilities and barriers into opportunities.
One of the newest ways we create opportunities is through a new program that allows clients to express themselves artistically. We have a dedicated art studio where clients paint, sew and build items that allow them to be creative and express themselves in their own individual way. Many of the items they produce also are assembled into larger collaborative art pieces. Your Giving Tuesday gift to Carey Services will help our clients express themselves more than they have been able to before.
You could donate money to help with art supplies, or you could donate you time and talent to help provide our clients new artistic ideas and additional hands to bring their ideas to fruition. Or let us know if you have ideas on how you would like to connect with us.
You can donate online here.
You can find more information about Giving Tuesday here.
Carey Services will participate in the 71th annual observance of National Disability Employment Awareness Month during October by emphasizing education through the agency’s social media outlets and their website.
Carey will celebrate the many individuals with disabilities in the local workforce and employers who employ people with disabilities throughout the agency’s nine-county North Central Indiana service area. Area community members are invited to participate as well.
The theme for this year’s observance is #InclusionWorks. The theme highlights the importance of including people of all backgrounds and abilities in the workforce.
NDEAM has been observed more than 70 years. It began when returning World War II service members generated interest in acknowledging people with disabilities and their contributions to the workforce. On August 11, 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed a congressional resolution declaring the first week in October “National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week.” The “physically” was removed from the title in 1962.
“Carey Services is proud to participate in this observance each October,” said Jim Allbaugh, Carey Services’ president and chief executive officer. “Of all the special awareness months that are observed each year, this is one that is squarely targeted at our mission of helping people turn abilities and barriers into opportunities by emphasizing community employment and community integration.”
Carey Services has an employment services department focused on community employment, and many of the agency’s programs have components that help people work toward greater independence. Community employment many times is a high priority for clients.
“We appreciate the employers in our area who have been open to embracing individuals with disabilities by hiring them,” said Greg Maynard, Carey’s director of fund and strategic advancement. “By focusing on abilities, we can work together to create employment opportunities that benefit both the employee who might have a challenge and the employer who might miss out on a good employee otherwise.”
For more information about National Disability Employment Awareness Month, click here.
Carey Services Early Head Start and Little Giants Preschool — Head Start are sponsoring their annual Fall Fest on Sept. 29.
The event will be 4-7 p.m. at The River Church, 759 S. Lenfesty Ave. in Marion. The event is free and open to the public.
Fall Fest activities are geared toward pregnant women, Early Head Start children (ages newborn-3) and Head Start children (ages 3-5). Many local health providers will have booths and activities, and many agencies that promote health, nutrition, physical fitness and safety also will participate. Free developmental, vision and hearing screenings will be provided.
For more information, call Brooke Smith, health and safety coordinator for Carey Services Early Head Start, at (765) 668-8961, ext. 176, or Sarah McVicker, Head Start health coordinator, at (765) 651-2080.
Gov. Mike Pence has proclaimed the week of Sept. 11-17 as Direct Support Professionals Week in Indiana to celebrate the work of the more than 26,000 DSPs who work in the state. Indiana is one of many states in the country that participate in the national observance.
The vast majority of Carey Services’ employees are the DSPs who provide direct care. As part of DSP Week activities, the agency’s DSPs will be honored with daily activities.
You can read the entire governor’s proclamation here.
Carey Services has announced its participation in National Direct Support Professional Recognition Week. The week of September 11 through September 17 has been designated as National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week for 2016.
“The Carey Services direct support professionals, or DSPs, help individuals and families to turn abilities and barriers into opportunities every day in several Indiana counties,” said Jim Allbaugh, Carey Services’ president/chief executive officer. Carey Services employs 230 DSPs who provide daily services for residents and their families in Grant, Blackford, Madison, Hamilton, Wabash and Cass counties.
DSPs are the people who work as direct care workers, in-home support workers, personal assistants and attendants to ensure that people with disabilities are able to live independently in communities of their choosing. “Direct Support Professional” is a National career title, and is a great job opportunity for those interested in serving people. With a national industry staff shortage, Carey Services is routinely looking for good, hardworking individuals to work as DSPs. If someone is interested in serving as a DSP, they can call 1-888-668-8961 or visit www.careyservices.com to get connected.
“National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week is a time to demonstrate our gratitude locally for the dedicated individuals who work at Carey Services,” Allbaugh said. “These staff work amazingly hard, and they care very much for the people they serve.”
Carey Services staff will have several activities to assure the DSPs are recognized during this celebration week, Allbaugh said.
Carey Services has unveiled a new monthly newsletter that will highlight agency activities.
The Access newsletter will provide a monthly look inside the agency to show ways the agency and its clients interact in the world in which we live, work and play.
You can find the inaugural issue here.