December 28th, 2015
Throughout the year, there are many reasons to celebrate. Many families recognize and celebrate holidays, birthdays, and other accomplishments, such as a baby walking for the first time, or a loved one graduating from college. Because our Colleagues do so many wonderful things all year long, we make it a point to recognize them for [...]
December 23rd, 2015
Our new Colleague Samantha Poirier, an alum of our Highfields and TASH programs, was recently featured in the December 21, 2015 issue of Rumbo News. Her story is one of overcoming obstacles, crushing stereotypes and stigmas, and finding success in independence. Her story is inspiring to say the least. Check it out below.
December 11th, 2015
American Training and Cor Unum Meal Center have had a great relationship for quite some time now. And this week, we took it to the next level! For some time, our Guests have volunteered to clean at Cor Unum, every Monday through Friday, after the masses have left. They do everything from table cleaning to window [...]
December 9th, 2015
Today, a few members of our ATI family ventured down to Boston for a tour of a television studio. But not just any television studio…the WHDH Channel 7 studio! And it was even better than we could’ve imagined. Our tour guides Brooke and Karamarie gave us a behind the scenes look at the studio, from [...]
November 20th, 2015
In November, we launched our annual Coat Drive. Every year our Vanway Colleagues collect as many coats and jackets as we can to help keep our communities warm. We collected over 150 coats, jackets, and snowsuits for men, women, and children. We donated them on a rolling basis to help keep our communities warm. Last year, we [...]
November 20th, 2015
Last year our Specialized Housing branch started a new tradition by entering our first ever entry in the Methuen Festival of Trees. It was a beautiful tree called “Life Matters” that had a smile-inducing, soul-warming, nostalgic feel to it. Check it out here. This year our Clinical Services team ventured down a different, but just as [...]
November 5th, 2015
Our mission is to bring out the best in everyone we touch because every life matters! And to us that means going out and finding ways to help make every life matter. Sometimes that’s in the form of confidence building at a CPR class, fundraising at a carwash, or doing a book drive for a [...]
November 4th, 2015
Our Training Specialist, Donny Wise, trains our Colleagues day in and day out on everything from Human Rights to Communication Skills to CPR & First Aid, and everything in between. But last week, he set some time aside for a new training, a very special training. Last week, Donny ventured to our Wakefield site to [...]
October 30th, 2015
Just one day before all the little vampires, heroes, and zombies come knocking at our doors, asking for candy with their little painted faces, we thought we’d enjoy some grow-up Halloween festivities (because you’re just never too old to rock a costume)! So we held a Halloween Party, ATI style! And we had it all! [...]
October 21st, 2015
This week we went Yellow in honor of Spina Bifida Awareness Month. Our Colleagues, Guests, Residents and Students spent the day creating beautiful yellow works of art, all in an effort to show our support for those living with Spina Bifida. Check out the pictures from the day here and scroll down for more information [...]