Collaborative program helps keep students on track
Beau Bessen has high hopes for the future.The CWI client just graduated with an associate’s degree and plans to become a veterinary technician.Click here to read the article ...
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Disabled workers bag kiln-dried firewood for NYS DEC campsites-GF Chronicle
People with disabilities at two local not for-profits now have paid jobs bagging kilndried firewood for sale at campsites operated by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Click here to read complete article ...
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NCV names 2010 Employee of the Year
Bonnie Bodenstab has been named 2010 Employee of the Year for North Country Ventures (NCV) the manufacturing division of Community, Work & Independence. In presenting the award Director of Bus ...
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2010 Holiday Parade
CWI participated in the 2010 Glens Falls National Holiday Parade on November 21st. CWI’s float took 3rd place in the business division. Groups from several day and residential programs created different elements that would be ...
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CWI Provides Employment and Support Services
According to the article published in Glens Falls Business Journal, May 2010, CWI Provides Employment and Support Services to People with Special Needs and Their Families. To read the complete article, click here. ...
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Lobbying efforts continue
On March 15, members Sean Hagen and Nicholas McCarthy, assisted by Consumer Facilitator Steve Briggs and Consumer Assistant Pat Columbetti, had a chance to go to Albany to meet with legislators Teresa Sayward, Betty Little and Roy McDonald. Sean and ...
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HELPING HANDS DAY SERVICES RAISES $1256
Determined fund raiser Sean Hagan and the members of Helping Hands raised a whopping $1256 for the South Glens Falls High School Marathon Dance. It was truly a community effort. Sean organized a Pizza Lunch, advertised to all of his cont ...
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CWI Offers Social Skills Classes for Individuals with Autism
Program Description: CWI is gearing up to provide expanded services to "high school age/recent graduate age" young adults with autism spectrum disorder beginning in July 2010. These young adults will need to demonstrate an ability to ...
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CWI continues Wheels for Work Grant
The New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) has renewed the Wheels for Work III Grant for Warren and Washington Counties to Community, Work & Independence (CWI) for another year, as long as there remains funding availa ...
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NCV names 2009 Employee of the Year
North Country Ventures names 2009 Employee of the Year Patty Reed has been named 2009 Employee of the Year for North Country Ventures (NCV) the manufacturing division of Community, Work & Independen ...
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