LUNCHEON
The 2009 Hire Ability Day Luncheon was a great success!
The Hire Ability Day Luncheon is an opportunity for employers who value diversity to come together with other employers who have hired people with developmental disabilities and their employees. The luncheon features local and national speakers addressing the issue of reaching out to an under utilized, qualified workforce.
Keynote speaker for the 2009 luncheon was Deb Russell from from Walgreen's, who talked about her experience developing distributions centers that use universal design to accommodate all employees both with and without disabilities. For more information about Walgreen's comittment to employing persons with disabilities, visit their website at www.walgreensoutreach.com
Previous years speakers are Brian Kingsbury from Safeway, Bret Stewart from Centertwist Inc., Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Seattle, and representatives from a large manufacturing firm from Georgia, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital.
Special guests at the luncheon were:
- Chairperson, Ted Solomon, owner of Digital Scanning and Imaging
- Chairperson, Peggy Mangiaracina, vice president, executive director at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Sacred Heart Children's Hospital
- County Commissioners,Todd Mielke and Bonnie Mager
- Reprsentative, Chris Marr
- Council member of the City of Spokane Valley, Rose Dempsey
- Mayor, City of Liberty Lake, Wendy Van Orman
Previous special guests include:
- Congresswoman, Cathy McMorris-Rodgers
- Senator Lisa Brown
- Representatives Timm Ormsby and John Ahern
- Spokane Mayor Dennis Hession
- Spokane County Commissioner Mark Richard
- Mayor, Mary Verner
Over 250 business leaders and Morning On the Job participants enjoyed a delicious meal together. Some of these business include:
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Auntie Anne’s Pretzels
Barnes and Nobel Bookstore
Borders Books and Music
Center for Justice
Central Premix
City of Spokane
Community Building/Saranac
Community Colleges of Spokane
The Davenport Hotel
David’s Bridal
Eagle Construction
Earthworks Recycling
Empire Movers
Farm Credit Union
Fred Meyer
Hampton Inn
Honey Baked Ham
Institute of Extended Learning
Joe’s Sports and Outdoor
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Lee Northwest Printing
Little Caeser’s Pizza
Macy’s
Mountain West Bank
Mister Carwash
Nordstrom
Northwest Seed and Pet
Old Navy
Pepsi
Purcell
The Reclothery
Red Lion Hotels
The Service Station
Spokane County Human Resources
The Spokesman Review
Wagstaff
Washington Trust Bank
Whitworth University
Washington State University (Spokane)
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Please join us for the next Hire Ability Day luncheon.
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