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We are excited to announce that Community Alternatives was awarded this All-Star Series vehicle through the WI DOT 5310 Grant. This is a 14 passenger vehicle which will be used to transport persons with disabilities to and from work, to scheduled appointments and events. The grant process took over a year. As you can see below, Marilyn (our bus driver) and the entire Community Alternatives organization is excited to provide this service to this community that we serve. (see photo below)
On Saturday, August 4th, Community Alternatives sent a group of Packer fans to Green Bay for Packer Family Night!
Some Participants were surprised with the opportunity to attend Packer Family Night just hours before departure, and their reactions were PRICELESS! One avid Fan responded, ‘Yes! I want to see the Packers! I am going to see Aaron Rodgers!’ Other Participants prepared by purchasing new Packer apparel, and even creating Packer Fandom inspired art work in anticipation of the event. One Participant asked if he would be able to see the players, and he later shared that, ‘He had the best seat in the stadium! Another Participant shared that he and his brother had once been to a game, in ’82.’
Thank you to the exceptional Team Members who assisted with this years Packer Family Fun Night. Community Alternatives is truly grateful for the ability to provide these individuals with such monumental opportunities and experiences. Additional gratitude goes out to the Green Bay Packers for their hospitality and the accommodations provided to our group this weekend.
Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. -Vince Lombardi
Community Alternatives was honored to take part in the Legal Country Drags hosted by Doc’s Harley Davidson held at the Wisconsin International Raceway in Kaukauna on Sunday, July 8th 2018. Proceeds from the day’s event will be donated to Community Alternatives. As you can see all in attendance had an absolute blast! Special thanks to Doc’s Harley Davidson for hosting the event. Heartfelt thanks also go out to the following Team Members, Anna, Sam, Hiliary and David for assisting with the event.
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We need as many people with disabilities and their families to tell us how transportation (or a lack of transportation) effects your life.
Can you get where you need or want to go on your schedule? Do you rely on family members, public transportation, or other options to get to your job and other places in the community? Answers to these and other questions will help us inform policy makers and work on ways to improve transportation for people with disabilities, older adults, and their families.
The deadline to take the survey is July 30th, 2018. Please take the survey, and ask with your family, friends, and others who are interested in improving transportation for older adults and people with disabilities to take the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2018SurvivalCoalitionTransportationSurvey
Blizzard Evelyn
We want to give a huge thanks to all those Community Alternatives staff that went above and beyond this last weekend during Blizzard Evelyn. We can start with our wonderful plowing crew, Josh and company over at Collins Creative Concrete. They plowed all our homes so staff could get in and helped clear ramps and emergency exits in case of fire. In many cases, we were plowed before most of the neighborhood. We could not have done it without you.
In our Drop in Community services, kudos go to Denise Peplinski and Mary Behrendt for not only braving the elements, but walking thru deep snow as many roads were not even plowed, let alone driveways and entrances. They were able to check in on many vunerable people and make sure they had meals, medications and were generally alright. Jen B and Betty also trudged thru record breaking snow on day 2 making sure everyone was ok. Ken our nurse helped a number of locations dig out their furnace vents and in one case furnace was already out because vent was clogged. In our residential homes the stories are very humbling! McKayla Gast walked from Leig St to Robin Ln at 5am to make her shift, before roads were even plowed! Special thanks also go out to Stacy B., Leslie J., Cheryl, Theresa and Kierston worked the whole weekend. Josh made it in from out of town.Emily Retzlaff is only relief staff now but came in and covered shifts to help out. Jamie B. and all those at Robin Ln. house you are awesome. Deb Doering came in Sunday night so she could work Monday which ended up being just as bad.Kudos to all staff that were willing to come in regardless of the weather. Kayla and Brad working doubles. In townies- Dave and Jim willing to work for those out of town that could not get in…..Melinda and Cora and Angie for helping find rides for those that couldn’t get out. Toni coordinated all her houses but could not get out of her own street. Cheryl RJ thanks for pulling Diane out and putting in long hours. Thank you Sam Arrowood. Nichole Flessert and Ricky you are awesome. Boyfriends, husbands and friends that were willing to drive and pick people up. Colleen-snow was almost taller than you! We are greatful to all our staff, including anyone not mentioned and those behind the scenes that organized-Dena Wulf you rock. We at CA and families of the people we support are greatful for your heroic efforts and going above and beyond. Most places have the ability to shut down in these circumstances, but 24/7 staffed residential homes do not. Staff still had to be there….we couldn’t have more pride or appreciation for the wonderfully dedicated staff here at Community Alternatives. You are the reason people want to receive supports thru us and why people want to work here. Thank you again everyone and anyone that I may not have mentioned by name!
