Midway Moving & Storage Disbility Community Outreach Initiative

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Hi all,

Just got this email from DisabilityWorks and thought it may be of

interest. If NapervilleWorks (for which I attended an informational

meeting in the fall) gets launched in the near future, this

initiative may be something this group can pursue. Apparently

Emmett is involved.

Susie Redfern

Text of email:

Announcing the opening of the Midway Moving & Storage Document

Destruction Division in combination with the company's new Disability

Community Outreach Initiative.

The focus of these efforts is on creation of employment and training

opportunities for workers with disabilities & revenue development for

community based organizations. The initial pilot project is a

collaboration between Midway & Little City Foundation, but Midway is

also planning to expand the initiative across Illinois and will be

looking to collaborate with community based organizations and schools

across the state. Jerry Siegel, CEO of Midway, is known for his

community focused efforts and is looking to help demonstrate to the

Illinois business community how powerful of a labor and customer

market that the disability community is.

As this initiative grows across the state, Midway will focus on three

components of collaboration with community based organizations:

- Employment for People with Disabilities: The Document Destruction

Division will focus on providing employment and internship

opportunities to qualified individuals with disabilities. Because

Midway has an existing relationship with Little City, this

organization is the natural choice for the pilot program, but as

business grows with additional document destruction contracts, Midway

will partner with area non-profit organizations to recruit and hire

qualified individuals with disabilities.

- Job Training for People with Disabilities: Much like Midway did for

the moving industry, the Document Destruction Division has the

potential to be an outlet to train destruction processors. Midway

will create a training curriculum in partnership with its disability

consultants that will be the first of its kind, to ensure that all

destruction processors with disabilities are professionally trained.

Besides learning how to use the equipment properly, customer service

will also be emphasized. The end result is professionally trained

individuals who will be careful, considerate and conscientious.

- Income for Non-Profits: A portion of the net proceeds from the

recycling income will be returned to non-profit organizations that

assist Midway with the venture.

Midway invites you to a cocktail reception on January 10th at the

Midway headquarters to kickoff this exciting venture. Eat, drink and

give them your thoughts and feedback.

Fell free to contact Emmett at 574-808-9779 if you have any

questions.

Below is the kickoff invitation.

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Midway Moving and Storage cordially invites you to attend a Cocktail

Reception

Thursday, January 10th from 6 pm to 8 pm at Midway headquarters 4100

W. Ferdinand Street, Chicago

Please join Midway and Commissioner Tamley, Mayor's Office for

People with Disabilities as they announce Midway's new Document

Destruction Initiative with Little City Foundation.

Creating employment opportunities for people with developmental

disabilities

RSVP to Liz Kores, 312-217-0588, lkores@... (Please let

Liz know of any accommodation you may need for the event.)