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Hire Ability Day 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 Walgreen's. She talked about her experience developing distribution centers that use universal design to accommodate all employees with and without disabilities. For more information about Walgreen's commitment 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
• Representative, 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 Tim 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:

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

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 State University (Spokane) Washington Trust Bank Whitworth University