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Sunday, April 1, 2012
DePaul Industries, Albertina Kerr Centers & Others Join Forces to Secure Competitive Employment Opportunities for People with Significant Disabilities - Marketwatch
PORTLAND, Ore., March 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Focusing on integrated solutions for competitive employment, four nonprofit organizations in the Portland metro area will drive employment growth for people with developmental disabilities in the region's large businesses via the highly successful Project SEARCH program.
A new partnership has been formed to expand the nationally-acclaimed Project SEARCH program in the Portland metro area. DePaul Industries, Albertina Kerr Centers, Port City Development Center, and Bethesda Lutheran Communities will combine resources to work together with large local businesses to improve employment opportunities for people with developmental disabilities.
Project SEARCH is a national workforce development program designed to simultaneously serve businesses and people with significant intellectual and developmental disabilities through an innovative career development approach. Participants are hired directly by large businesses and, working side-by-side with non-disabled colleagues, are supported by an on-site Project SEARCH job coach who acts as a single point of contact for training and accommodation. In this setting, participants have shown to decrease turnover rates and increase morale. DePaul Industries began spearheading the program in Oregon and has established successful partnerships with The Standard, Providence Health & Services, and Oregon Health & Science University.
"I am very excited about The Project SEARCH Partnership," states Erin Riehle, Co-Founder of Project SEARCH at the Cincinnati, OH Children's Hospital in 1996, "As I believe that this will enable the organizations involved to take the next step in the growth and development of the program. I am very appreciative of DePaul Industries' efforts in spearheading Project SEARCH and in establishing relationships with some of the most prestigious businesses in the area."
The collaboration is an ideal methodology for Oregon's 'Employment First' initiative, requiring that employment in integrated work settings be the priority option for adults with intellectual and other developmental disabilities. The Partnership's primary focus, however, is on the business solutions that Project SEARCH provides--reducing turnover, stabilizing departments, and leveraging a dedicated, qualified workforce.
"The Project SEARCH Partnership will result in fulfilling, integrated jobs for people with developmental disabilities," says Dave Shaffer, President & CEO of DePaul Industries. "In turn, these jobs will produce positive business results--as they already have shown in our current sites. We are determined to do more."
About DePaul Industries:
Since 1971, DePaul Industries has focused on its vision of changing the landscape of employment of people with disabilities while growing into the Northwest's most comprehensive outsourcing specialist. DePaul helps people with disabilities to have the opportunity to work through a self-sustaining business model that generates more than 97% of revenue through the operation of three core businesses: food packaging & contract manufacturing, temporary staffing services, and security services. To date, DePaul has trained or employed in excess of 15,000 people with disabilities and paid wages and benefits of more than $200 million. For more information about DePaul Industries, visit depaulindustries.com.
About Albertina Kerr Centers:
Every day Albertina Kerr helps children, families and adults living with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges, empowering them to lead fuller, self-determined lives. A private non-profit organization founded in Portland in 1907, Kerr utilizes more than 91 cents of every dollar on programs and services for Oregonians. For more information about Albertina Kerr, call 503.239.8101 or visit AlbertinaKerr.org.
About Port City Development Center:
Since 1978, Port City Development Center has been providing employment, job training and support services for people with developmental disabilities in the Portland metro community. Its production, art and farming, job development, community volunteers, fabric arts, silk-screening, woodworking, custodial and other programs provide meaningful work, skills building and community integrations opportunities for individuals with disabilities. For more information on Port City Development Center, visit portcitydevelopment.org.
About Bethesda Lutheran Communities:
Bethesda Lutheran Communities provides resources to educate friends, families, congregations and other service providers about developmental disabilities. For more information on Bethesda Lutheran Communities, visit bethesdalutherancommunities.org.
SOURCE DePaul Industries
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Barry Callebaut organizes CHOCOVISION for the first time - a conference for stakeholders from the cocoa, chocolate and retail industries - msnbc.com
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Barry Callebaut organizes CHOCOVISION for the first time - a conference for stakeholders from the cocoa, chocolate and retail industries
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Senior business leaders and key stakeholders meet at CHOCOVISION 2012 Opportunities and challenges along the cocoa and chocolate supply chain
Chocolate demand has increased steadily over the years. More and more consumers, especially in emerging countries with a rising middle class, are discovering the sweet side of chocolate. This offers great business opportunities. However, the same stakeholders along the complex and fragmented supply chain from the cocoa bean to the chocolate bar are also facing key challenges. In addition to changing consumer needs and behavior, the industry must cope with economic uncertainties and volatile prices of the respective raw materials and it is confronted with increasing regulation. In the cocoa growing countries, unsustainable agricultural practices and challenging conditions in regard to social and political systems and infrastructure) are also among the issues the industry has to face.
Three distinct sessions, intriguing speakers, stimulating discussions
To bring together key players on the decision-making level, Barry Callebaut has organized a neutral platform - CHOCOVISION - and invited major stakeholders from the cocoa, chocolate and retail industries to attend. "Balance the Challenge. From cocoa to chocolate - strategy, sustainability and success", will be the theme of the first issue of CHOCOVISION 2012. The conference, scheduled to take place in Davos, Switzerland from June 5 to 7, 2012 is the first of a series of bi-annual conferences.
Speeches and panel discussions with experts and professionals from all stakeholder groups will focus on strategy, sustainability and success. Besides these three conference sessions, there will be high-profile keynote addresses by world-renowned musician and political activist Sir Bob Geldof and Nobel Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus. They will contribute to the inspirational atmosphere the organizer hopes to create for CHOCOVISION 2012 participants.
Need for a neutral platform for all stakeholders
Attendees of CHOCOVISION 2012 will have the opportunity to network with senior business leaders in the cocoa, chocolate and retail industries, influential politicians from around the world and representatives of prominent NGOs. Hence, the symposium will offer a platform for debate between business and politics, NGOs and scientists, suppliers, farmers and consumers - all key players in the value chain, from the cocoa bean to the chocolate bar.
"There is an obvious need for better alignment and more efficient knowledge transfer as well as pro-active information sharing between all stakeholders in the supply chain, from farmer organizations, certification bodies, cocoa processors, chocolate manufacturers and retailers up to end consumers," says Juergen Steinemann, CEO of Barry Callebaut. "That is why we have initiated CHOCOVISION, a neutral, company-independent, bi-annual platform for informed discussion and debate."
***About CHOCOVISION (www.chocovision.ch)
CHOCOVISION is an international bi-annual conference for senior business leaders and key stakeholders in the cocoa, chocolate and retail industry. The goal is to bring key actors in the supply chain from the cocoa bean to the chocolate-containing product together to explore and initiate new approaches and solutions for securing a sustainable, successful chocolate future.
CHOCOVISION is organized by Barry Callebaut, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, and is supported by a number of renowned partners, including Credit Suisse (Premium Partner), Firmenich SA, Bühler, CrystalCo, IOI Loders Croklaan, Nordzucker and others. Knowledge Partner is KPMG.
***Organizer Premium Partner Contributing Partner Cooperating Media Partners Partners
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Press Release (PDF): http://hugin.info/100441/R/1592628/500910.pdf
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