SEP/OCT
2024
Garden Center Services
The View From My Chair A MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Hailey, Gerry & Karen
INSIDE THIS ISSUE THE VIEW FROM MY CHAIR Page 1 MINDFULNESS GROUP Page 2 DSP APPRECIATION WEEK Page 3 THRIFT SALES Page 4
Happy September Everyone! It gives me great pleasure to introduce two bright, young women that have joined the Garden Center Services’ Development team. Please join me in welcoming Karen Grossich and Hailey Kmetty to our team and I would truly appreciate any support and good stories that you can share with them. I am really excited to actually have a development team at the
organization and we are really looking at stepping up our game both in terms of the discretionary funding we bring into the agency, as well as increasing the recognition Garden Center has in our community. They could not have come on board at a better time as we have a couple of important undertakings that are quickly approaching. Next week we, and the entire country, will be celebrating Direct Support Professional Recognition Week! This is an awesome chance for all of us to focus on the committed, compassionate direct support professionals that are the real heroes that daily care for and assist the individuals with
disabilities that Garden Center is honored to serve. We currently have 79 Direct Support Professionals (DSPs) at the agency and many of them have been with us for quite a few years! We want to do all we can to demonstrate to these fine staff how valuable they are and how much we appreciate their dedicated service. For this upcoming DSP Week we want to invite you, the parents/ guardians/families/& friends, to join us in the effort to really show our gratitude and respect to these individuals that provide such quality programs to our loved ones. Inside the Leaflet you’ll find an article sharing ideas on how you can help. We’re also looking for any gift cards continued on page 4