We have a staff of 10-15 adults overlooking as "job coaches" to about 60-70 "clients", who work throughout the community in various ways (look down below).
{Awesome "Good-Hearted" Staff Photos}
DAC staff serving food and drinks at the Halloween Dance at the Morris National Guard Armory
ARTS & CRAFTS ROOM
All sorts of arts&crafts related items can be purchased at DAC. For example, we have specific themes for that special occasions (e.g. weddings)...
Favors Galore-contact Nicole
"The Sweet Smells of the Season" banner made by residents w/Heidi L
*Note: We try to use "recycle" material for our arts and crafts!
GARAGE
-car wash
KITCHEN
We got a proffessional cook, who does other unrelated cooking duties to help out!
Potatoes w/all the fixings-yumm!
Client helps puts silverware together prior to lunchtime (12p-1p)
WORKSHOP
-Buttons
We've made buttons for various events (e.g. Stevens County Fair) for different community groups (e.g. Chokio-Alberta High School)
-Corn
We pack bags of corn (12+) into boxes to be shipped to stores for squirrel feed
-Recycling
All types of aluminum cans (47 cents per pound and 49 cents per pound over 100lbs)
Newspapers (drop boxes around town)
UMM Plant Services: Recycling Center hauls cans regularly!
Almost every 6 months/twice a year, we get a group from the Morris Area High School-National Honor Socieity-to help load the 6-7ft tall piles of recycled material (e.g. newspapers, papers, etc..) into a semi-truck (2 1/2-3 hours of labor work)*picture taken Thursday, November 16th of 2006
-Wood Work
Depending on the holiday season, these "guys" keep busy all year round smoothing wood cut or designed by DAC staff.
-Others
MISCELLANOUS
-Building Cleaning
-Building Cleaning
We service the following local businesses:
-Key Row Apartments
-Morris Movie Theater
Clients clean (e.g. clean bathrooms, vaccuum/mop floors, empty garbages,etc...) the theater
-Pederson Funeral Home
-Morris Senior Center (as of summer of 2007)
-Laundromat (corner of E. 7th Street and College Avenue)
-Miscellaneous Work
We have our clients do a variety of work:
-St. Francis: Villa
-University of Minnesota: Food Service
-Pizza Hut
-Red Ball in Benson, MN
-City of Benson (e.g. paint fire hydrants)
-Sax's Cafe in Donnelly, MN
We get UMM college students do internships here for college credit at times. Our most recent was Mike W. (5th year student, who actually graduated last year) from Buffalo, MN...
Mike and I at the Box Office celebrating his last day during noon "lunch" hour break-time
-August 22nd 2006 "Graffiti on the Window" (east garage entrance)
-September 20th 2006 "Annual Trip to Chanhassan Dinner Theatre"
-"old man" at the October 27th 2006 "Annual Area Wide Halloween Dance"
-November 14th 2006 "KSAX Visit" (Channel 5 from Alexandria interviews DAC folks on what goes on here)
-December 14th 2006 "Annual Christmas Tea Party" (families, community, group home staff, etc.. are invited)
-December 16th 2006 "Weekend Trip to Wilmar" for clients and staff that were not able to attend the Chanhassan Trip in September.
-December 19th 2006 "Annual DAC Christmas Party" (DAC clients and staff)
-February "Winter Storms closes DAC 2-days (24th-25th)in a row!
-"March Madness 2007" Hancock Girls Basketball Team made it to their sections State Championship-ooh rah!
-April 29th "DAC Board and Staff" Supper at Best Northland Inn's Ranch House
-May 7th 2007 "Annual ARC Potluck-starring Paul Martin of Willies on the barbeque.
*met some cool people from Hoffman (Justin-big Twins Tori Hunter fan; Anne Wevley-freshmen star h.s. tennis player; ?-going to school in Wyoming)
-Feb 14th 2008 "Valentine Dance" at Clinton, MN
-Mar 8th 2008 "Winter Cold in March...still!"
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