Keshet School’s Developmentally Disabled Children Show Skills – Profits Go Back to School
Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company is beginning its fourth year of working with the Keshet School’s Vocational Program. This program provides individuals with developmental disabilities a real-world career experience and responsibilities that may otherwise not be available to them.
In the Keshet Vocational Program, students receive an introduction to the workplace and are able to see their own project through from start to finish. Keshet students work with Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company to prepare sample bags of dry food: the students label, fill, and seal each bag and are able to apply skills learned to produce a product for in store distribution.
Evanger's invites local residents and consumers to help the students as they enjoy the final stages of their career enhancement on Tuesday, December 15th. The students will meet customers of Pet Supplies “Plus,” in Highland Park, Illinois from 10:30 – 12:00. Keshet students will be passing out samples of the dry food bags they prepared. This will play a large role in helping the children understand product distribution, as well as aid in the effort to raise awareness of children with developmental disabilities.
During the entire month of December, Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company will further support Keshet’s Vocational Program by donating a portion of Evanger’s dry dog food purchases to the program when a customer mentions, “Keshet” at checkout.
Event Site:
Tuesday, December 15th 10:30 – 12:00
Pet Supplies “Plus”
1634 Deerfield Road
Highland Park, IL 60035
847-831-2323
MORE ABOUT KESHET:
Founded in 1982, Keshet is a not-for-profit organization that provides year-round educational, recreational, and vocational programming for Chicagoland children and young adults with developmental disabilities. The vocational program enables these students to receive an introduction to the work place through pre-vocational skills preparation, career awareness, and job training within the community via local businesses. These services are a part of a continuum of life preparation that begins in the early grades. http://www.keshet.org/
Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company is beginning its fourth year of working with the Keshet School’s Vocational Program. This program provides individuals with developmental disabilities a real-world career experience and responsibilities that may otherwise not be available to them.
In the Keshet Vocational Program, students receive an introduction to the workplace and are able to see their own project through from start to finish. Keshet students work with Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company to prepare sample bags of dry food: the students label, fill, and seal each bag and are able to apply skills learned to produce a product for in store distribution.
Evanger's invites local residents and consumers to help the students as they enjoy the final stages of their career enhancement on Tuesday, December 15th. The students will meet customers of Pet Supplies “Plus,” in Highland Park, Illinois from 10:30 – 12:00. Keshet students will be passing out samples of the dry food bags they prepared. This will play a large role in helping the children understand product distribution, as well as aid in the effort to raise awareness of children with developmental disabilities.
During the entire month of December, Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Company will further support Keshet’s Vocational Program by donating a portion of Evanger’s dry dog food purchases to the program when a customer mentions, “Keshet” at checkout.
Event Site:
Tuesday, December 15th 10:30 – 12:00
Pet Supplies “Plus”
1634 Deerfield Road
Highland Park, IL 60035
847-831-2323
MORE ABOUT KESHET:
Founded in 1982, Keshet is a not-for-profit organization that provides year-round educational, recreational, and vocational programming for Chicagoland children and young adults with developmental disabilities. The vocational program enables these students to receive an introduction to the work place through pre-vocational skills preparation, career awareness, and job training within the community via local businesses. These services are a part of a continuum of life preparation that begins in the early grades. http://www.keshet.org/
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