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14May, 2015

Duck Race Tickets Available

Tickets are available for the annual Carey Services Duck Race, the agency’s largest fund-raiser each year.

This year’s event will be June 27 at the Splash House, 2601 S. Adams St., in Marion. The race will begin at 11 a.m. Tickets cost $5 each, and winners do not need to be present to win. Each ticket, though, also is good for admission to the Splash House the day of the race. Race proceeds support Carey Services’ programming.

First prize is $1,500, second prize is $500, and third prize is $250. Many other prizes also will be available, including a St. Elmo’s Steak House gift certificate, Chicago White Sox tickets, and other items donated from local and statewide organizations.

You can buy tickets at Carey Services, 2724 S. Carey St. For more information, call (765) 668-8961.

12May, 2015

Carey Services Adding Music Therapy May 15

Carey Services is adding music therapy as a service offering for clients.

The service will begin with a group session on May 15 from 2:30 to 3 p.m. on the Marion campus. Clients and others who would like to learn about music therapy can attend the session. Those participants who require caregivers must have their caregivers attend the session with them. The session will be conducted in the cafeteria area of the campus’s Building B; the agency is finishing renovations on a permanent music therapy room in the same building.

Becca Samson, a certified music therapist with Opportunities for Positive Growth, will lead the session — and the music therapy program as a whole. Music therapy is another way Carey Services is working to provide the latest therapeutic options for clients to allow them to achieve greater independence.

For more information, call Carey Services at (765) 668-8961.

12May, 2015

Mr. Canary Featured in Ball State Magazine

The Mr. Canary bird feeders Carey Services produces recently received prominent mention in the Spring 2015 Ball State University alumni magazine, Alumnus.

An article on entrepreneurs with ties to the university featured Jan Long, a founder of Mr. Canary. The article talks about the creation of Mr. Canary and how the connection between the company and Carey Services developed. A smaller article features another Ball State graduate, Nathaniel O’Dell, and how he began working for Mr. Canary as an intern and now is a full-time company employee.

Carey Services produces the Mr. Canary bird feeders at its Marion production facility. The feeders are sold through many large national retail chains.

To view the Alumnus magazine, click here.

To view a separate article the Ball State University Alumni Association posted on the university’s website, click here.

28Apr, 2015

Carey Services Seeks Your Input

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

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.

14Nov, 2014