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Modell’s Manager on Hiring People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

You’ve been very supportive of HeartShare’s Employment Programs, which offer people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) a fair chance to work. How did this all start? Walter Toledo: Well, at the time, I was the Manager at the Modell’s Store on Fulton Street. That’s where I first met Josh [Skolnick, Assistant Director for Transition and Employment…

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Modell's Manager on Hiring People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

You’ve been very supportive of HeartShare’s Employment Programs, which offer people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) a fair chance to work. How did this all start? Walter Toledo: Well, at the time, I was the Manager at the Modell’s Store on Fulton Street. That’s where I first met Josh [Skolnick, Assistant Director for Transition and Employment…

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American Dream Scholar Receives Scholarship from Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

HeartShare St. Vincent’s Services American Dream Program Scholar and Lincoln University, Tierra, received a generous $1,900 scholarship from the Psi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Since she is on campus, Tierra’s grandmother Cheryl accepting the scholarship on her behalf. The scholarship was a surprise to Tierra. Psi Lambda members Kathleen Grosvenor, Benita Miller…

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