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our 554 Vocational Center we assist people in finding jobs around the Grafton
area. We access the local job service, check area newspapers, use the Internet
and also learn of new jobs through friends. We have a recycling center where we
offer curbside recycling to eight area towns plus a drop-off |
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We complete contract work such as billings, folding, stapling, stuffing, sealing
and sorting. We make personalized notepads and pens to advertise your business.
We also make bows, business cards and offer janitorial services. We have an adult
day program where retirement options are offered. These services focus upon social,
recreational and therapeutic activities. |
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Our goal is to become more community orientated
by joining clubs, using the library and volunteering at public schools, local
nursing homes and daycares.
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| We enjoy participating
in all of life's activities. We are supported by staff to develop our living skills
to be as independent as we possibly can be. We are encouraged to make choices
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our day to increase our skills in all aspects of our lives. Some of the things
we do involve our residential committee in which we all decide items such as planning
of the annual Christmas Party, where and what to do on summer vacations. The
vacations are the best because we get to do most of the planning. We have gone
to Winnipeg and stayed right downtown taking in all a city has to offer. We have
gone to a number of resorts on Cass and
Leech Lake in Minnesota. We enjoy these activities and also participating in various
community activities on a regular basis. Staff support us in reaching and achieving
our goals in life. |  |
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of the supports provided focus on developing daily living skills, leisure/recreation
opportunities, medical needs, family communications, transportation to various
activities, computer networking including using the national e-buddy system. In
the past year, we went on various outings including a week vacation to Leech Lake,
MN. We were able to go golfing and visit the Mississippi Headwaters along with
other activities.
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| Supported
Employment/Extended Services |
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| Supported Employment/Extended
Services currently provide training and support to over 60 persons with developmental
disabilities as well as persons with mental health. Our department works with
a variety of referral sources and other community agencies to provide the best
possible service assisting people in finding and maintaining competitive employment
of their choice. |
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the initial employment is found we then provide trained staff that work with and
teach the supported employee the skills needed to maintain their position. Supports
come in a variety of methods, from on-site support to intermittent stops to monitor
progress and continued into visitation with the employee and employer away from
the employment setting to continue to monitor satisfaction with their employment
and anything else they wish to discuss.
Supported Employment reaches far beyond
the scope of training and support, we are very active with employer education
and advocacy and participate on several organizational committees which include
The Fargo Moorhead Mayors committee on Employment of Persons with Disabilities,
Association of Persons in Supported Employment (APSE) and Agencies and Businesses
Linked to Employment (ABLE) just to name a few. |
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| All
Seasons Laundry |
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Seasons Laundry is a commercial laundry facility that does business with the local
hospitals and nursing homes and numerous other businesses in the Grafton, Park
River, Cavalier areas. Friendship, Inc. purchased the business in the spring of
2005 and has been running it successfully since. Our goal is for the people we
serve to operate the business with staff helping along the way. Many of the people
in our day program have gotten the chance to visit and work at the laundry and
see what it is all about. So many positive comments have come from people who
work there and staff is excited about this opportunity. |  |
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