Easterseals-Goodwill

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@esgwnrm has been serving communities for more than 120 years, built on the belief that donated goods can provide a hand up not a handout.

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@CPI_foundation @RamseyCounty @cityofsaintpaul @Googleorg You keep tagging us but you are tagging the incorrect agency.

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@CPI_foundation @RamseyCounty @cityofsaintpaul @Googleorg I think you keep tagging the incorrect Goodwill agency.

[Easterseals-Goodwill @esgwnrm]

Expanding our hospice program to Great Falls, MT enabled us to broaden the scope of our clinical services to provide a continuum of care for some of our aging clients already receiving our home health and personal care services, as well as individuals in the larger community.

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After a three-year capital campaign, our headquarters moved to a newly-renovated space. We also completely remodeled the original headquarters building the next year to better fit the needs of participants in our disability and adult day services.

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Our children’s services in Utah expanded in 2009 to include early intervention for infants & toddlers with developmental delays. Provo Early Intervention Program continues today & serves more than 400 children annually. Learn more about our history at https://t.co/gGjhO364c2.

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Our service area expanded to include the state of Utah in 2006, after acquiring the Easter Seals affiliation for the state. Services focused on children’s programs and senior employment services. Children and seniors continue to be a primary focus of our Utah programs today.

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What began as a reading group, evolved into a theater troupe called The Easter Seals Players. The troupe held an annual production on stage at the local WYO Theater for more than 15 years. Performances ranged from spoofs on tv shows like Gilligan’s Island to lively musicals.

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Intimate, family-style homes, rather than larger traditional group homes, have been the hallmark of our residential services for people with intellectual disabilities in Sheridan, Wyoming. Since 2000 we have added three additional homes and an 10-unit apartment complex.

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Assisting welfare recipients to gain skills & re-enter the workforce started for us in 1999. In Idaho, Working Solutions expanded its territory to eventually serve welfare recipients statewide. Today, we now serve this population for SNAP recipients statewide in Montana.

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This band of friends with various disabilities were used to educate kids & adults about disability etiquette from the 1980s to the 2000s. The puppets reinforced for kids how much more alike, than different, their peers were. Learn more about our history at https://t.co/gGjhO364c2

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Beginning in 1983, crews of vocational program workers provided janitorial services for the Great Falls community. This program continues today, and still works with some of the same original businesses. Learn more about our 75-year history at https://t.co/gGjhO36C1A.

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Since we first acquired the Idaho Easter Seal territory, our major focus has been helping people find and maintain employment. Over the years our Idaho programs have helped people overcome a wide range of employment barriers. Learn more at https://t.co/gGjhO364c2.

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2022 marks the 40th year of providing disability services in Wyoming. Initially, programs focused on vocational services. The 1990s transitioned more toward day habilitation & residential services for adults with intellectual disabilities. Learn more at https://t.co/gGjhO364c2.

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A highlight of our vocational programs during the 1980s was the assembly and manufacturing operation located in Great Falls. By the mid-1980s more than 90 adults with disabilities worked there. #EastersealsGoodwillSeventyFiveYears #75YearsChangingLives

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The 1970s marked the beginning of a long relationship with Montana schools for us to provide audiology services for students. By the end of the 70s outpatient audiology services had grown to eight centers across the state. Learn more about our history at https://t.co/gGjhO364c2.

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The decade of hippies, love beads and Woodstock saw our organization consolidate its three locally operating societies into a single statewide organization and move its headquarters to Great Falls. Learn more about our 75-year history at https://t.co/gGjhO364c2

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In addition to broadcasting the national Telethon, individual stations also aired frequent local segments, which featured local television personalities, businesses, and families. Learn more about interesting facts about our history at https://t.co/gGjhO364c2.

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Not long after adding the Montana Goodwill territory in 1979, Billings’ first location opened in 1982, followed by a second store in the Heights in 1983 and then the Great Falls store in 1986. Visit our 75th Anniversary website at https://t.co/gGjhO364c2 to learn more.

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We added a third Goodwill® territory, the state of Utah, to our organization ten years ago. Since then we’ve opened three more stores in the Salt Lake City area, plus a Goodwill Outlet. Find out more about Easterseals-Goodwill’s 75-year history at https://t.co/gGjhO364c2.