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    28Apr, 2015
    Carey Services Seeks Your Input

    As part of the agency’s continual improvement process, Carey Services’ stakeholder survey is available for completion.

    In past years, we have mailed the survey to various agency stakeholders. This year we also are including an online option for convenience and to hopefully obtain more responses.

    The agency’s leaders use the survey results to improve our services and to help in agency planning.

    The survey can be accessed here.

    Mr. Canary Bird Feeders
    23Mar, 2015
    Carey Services Featured on National Fox & Friends Show

    Carey Services was featured Monday morning on the Hometown Heroes segment of the Fox & Friends morning television show.

    The segment featured the Mr. Canary Co., for which Carey Services has produced birdfeeders for about 20 years. The products are sold in many large retailers throughout the United States. The Hometown Heroes segment highlights a small company that is doing good through an innovative product or way of doing business. Two sisters founded Mr. Canary 20 years ago to market a tube bird feeder designed by their father. The sisters approached Carey Services to produce the product soon after receiving their first large order from a major retailer.

    To view the segment, click here.

    6Mar, 2015
    NAP Tax Credits Available

    Carey Services has been awarded Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) tax credits to sell to donors.

    Individuals and businesses who donate to Carey Services through NAP are able to take a tax credit on their Indiana state income tax return for 50 percent of the amount of the donation and reduce their tax liability to the State of Indiana.

    Carey Services will use the donations received through NAP to help maintain the Pleasant Woods apartment complex that is a part of our Marion campus. These donations also will be used to provide handicap-accessible landscaping at Pleasant Woods as well as the Carey Street campus.

    For more information, call Carey Services at (765) 668-8961, and ask for Kim Elliott, extension 115, or April Scott, extension 111.

    1Mar, 2015
    March is Disability Awareness Month

    March is Disability Awareness Month across the nation.

    In Indiana, more than 19 percent of the state’s population are children and adults with disabilities. The goal of the month-long observance is to increase awareness of those who have disabilities while also promoting inclusion and independence for all people.

    This year’s theme is “Love Where You Live,” which is a reminder that everybody has a responsibility to help our communities become vibrant, inclusive places.

    For more information, visit the website of the Indiana Governor’s Council for People with Disabilities here.

    26Feb, 2015
    2014 Annual Report Released

    For Carey Services, 2014 held many highlights, including a year-long observance of the agency’s 60th anniversary. As a way to complete the 2014 fiscal year, Carey Services recently completed its 2014 annual report.

    A condensed, tri-fold version is available for download here.

    3Dec, 2014
    International Day of Persons With Disabilities

    The United Nations has declared Dec. 3 to be the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. It has chosen a theme of “Sustainable Development: The Promise of Technology.”

    According to the World Health Organization, at least 10 percent of the world’s population (650 million people) live with a disability and among the world’s poor 20 percent are disabled. The WHO also said the percentage of children with disabilities not attending school is extremely variable and is between 65 percent and 85 percent in some African countries, while mortality for children with disabilities might be as high as 80 percent in countries where under-five mortality as a whole has decreased to below 20 percent.

    In choosing to wrap the theme around technology, the WHO said in many low-income and middle-income countries, only 5 percent to 15 percent of disabled people who require assistive devices and technology have access to them.

    For the complete statement from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other UN-related disabilities information, click here.

    The National Council on Disability also issued a statement in support of the United Nations declaration. NCD is an independent federal agency founded in 1978 to work on disability issues. The NCD statement can be found here.

    Mr. Canary Bird Feeders
    14Nov, 2014
    Mr. Canary Featured in National Article

    The Mr. Canary Co., the creator of the Mr. Canary bird feeders produced by Carey Services’ clients, was recently featured in an article on the Fox Business website.

    The article and accompanying video discusses the background and history of the bird feeders, all of which are produced in Carey Services’ Marion production facility.

    You can read the article here.

    For more information on Mr. Canary, click here.

     

    12Nov, 2014
    60th Anniversary Open House Nov. 21

    As part of its 60th anniversary activities, Carey Services will conduct a public open house on Nov. 21 from 9-11 a.m. and 3-5 p.m.

    “This has been a good year as we celebrate 60 years of helping people with disabilities,” said Jim Allbaugh, president and chief executive officer. “From our beginnings with a group of dedicated parents who wanted to see services provided for their – and other – children, we have come a long way in those 60 years.”

    Carey Services will provide tours of the agency’s Marion campus at 2724 S. Carey St., and staff will be on hand to answer questions about the agency’s services. Light refreshments will be served.

    “We are proud of the essential services we provide not only to Grant and Blackford counties, but also to the families and clients we serve in the other counties where we have operations.” Allbaugh said.

    30Oct, 2014
    Free Community Shredding Day

    Carey Services will offer its annual fall free Docu-Shield Community Shredding Day on Nov. 1.

    Residents can drop off up to 10 boxes of documents for shredding from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Carey Services’ campus at 2724 S. Carey St. Those bringing boxes are encouraged to use the agency’s entrance off Ind. 9/Western Avenue across from Lowe’s. The document destruction area is in the southwest corner of the workshop building.

    All documents will be shredded and then baled into 1,500-pound bales for recycling.

    24Oct, 2014
    Community Day Coupon Books Available

    How would you like to shop, save money and help Carey Services all at one time?

    Carey Services is one of many area not-for-profit agencies that will benefit from Carson’s annual Community Days fund-raising event.

    Coupon books are $5 each and can be purchased at reception desks on Carey Services’ Marion campus in buildings A and C. The agency keeps the proceeds from each coupon book sold. Carey Services also will receive proceeds for coupon books purchased online at this link.

    The coupons can be used 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Nov. 14 and 6 a.m.-11 p.m. Nov. 15 at any area Carson’s store.

    Each book will have coupons with more than $500 in savings on those two specific days at Carson’s stores.

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