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Retail Alliance and Retail Breakfast Club

Eggleston has joined the Retail Alliance of Hampton Roads and recently made a presentation to the alliance Breakfast Club. Document Conversion Manger Sandra Witherow, Manager of Business Services Jerry Archer and Embroidery Supervisor Julie Waltz spoke about their respective operations. Eggleston’s Document Management Services, Business Fulfillment Services, Custom Embroidery and Screen-printing operations valuable products and services and employ persons with disabilities.

Eggleston is participating in the Retail Alliance LOVEVA local business program which provides rewards to all customers for shopping at Eggleston and other participating local businesses. For more details, please visit: www.retailalliance.com.

Pam Frazer at Autism Awareness: The Prism of Understanding

Pam Frazer, Program Manager, Eggleston Peninsula Division recently attended the 2016 Autism conference in Charlottesville, VA and met Dr. Temple Grandin. Diagnosed with autism as a child, Dr. Grandin is a noted author, speaker and animal scientist who teaches at Colorado State University. Dr. Grandin was the focus of a semi-biographical HBO film, entitled Temple Grandin starring Claire Danes as Dr. Grandin. The movie was released in 2010, was nominated for 15 Emmys, and received five awards.

Food Service Worker Marie Johnson advocates in Washington, DC.

Congratulations to Food Service Worker Marie Johnson for her excellence in advocacy as she represented Eggleston last week at the SourceAmerica Grassroots Advocacy Conference. Marie traveled to Washington DC accompanied by Eggleston Vice President of Government Contracts Chris Hoagland and Human Resource Coordinator Alice Arney.

The annual awareness campaign takes place every June in Washington, D.C. Throughout the three-day conference, Eggleston engaged in a variety of grassroots advocacy activities to educate members of Congress on disability employment issues and the role they must play in fostering an inclusive work culture.

Marie met with representatives and staff for Senator Tim Kaine, Senator Mark Warner, Representative Randy Forbes, Representative Rob Wittman, and Representative Bobby Scott.

Chris Hoagland Receives 2015 East Region Management Excellence Award

Congratulations to Chris Hoagland (pictured on left), our Vice President of Government Contracts who won the 2015 East Region Management Excellence Award given by the National Council of SourceAmerica Employers (NCSE). Chris was recently presented his award at the 2016 national AbilityOne conference. Chris was being recognized for his outstanding leadership, commitment to quality and effectiveness in enhancing opportunities for employment for persons with disabilities.

Fourteenth Annual Day for People with disABILITIES

The Fourteenth Annual Day for People with disABILITIES at the Virginia Zoological Park will occur May 21, 2016. Last year, thousands of citizens attended the event and this year’s event will be just as successful. We expect hundreds of individuals including service providers, people with disabilities, and interested family members to attend the event. As always, admission is free to any person with a disability and one caregiver.

The goal of the event is to provide resource information and a leisure experience to residents of the Hampton Roads community with a disABILITY, temporary impairment, or health condition, with the hope that people will find a new product or service, learn from the experience of others, and gain new living, advocacy or job skills. The event includes a full day of exhibits under the theme of “All Aboard” to include a public safety expo, Virginia Zoo discovery carts and animal ambassadors, children’s activities, inflatables, the Hurrah Players, TRDance Center’s Adaptive Dance, and Meet Mark Twain of the Virginia Stage Company.

For questions regarding the event, contact Cathy Orletsky at the Therapeutic Recreation Center at 441-1764 or catherine.orletsky@norfolk.gov.

Profiles of our People - Preston Wagoner

Preston lives in the Sawyer House on the campus of the Sarah Bonwell Hudgins center. He enjoyed a recent trip to the Piccadilly buffet although he and others in his residential home often cook together, most recently cooking a chocolate pie.

“I love puzzles” says Preston “if they are hard I try to be patient until I get it done right”. Preston loves to walk although he has arthritis, he does not let it keep him from his exercise. Preston also likes using his tablet to play angry birds and other games, and volunteers to bring food to people through the local Meals on Wheels program.