February 22nd, 2016
“The HEART of StarWorks is the Love and Passion we put into our work.” – Denise Michaud, Program Director, StarWorks StarWorks’ Career Counselors are American Training’s job development and placement services STARS! We have such an immense love and passion for seeking, obtaining, and assisting with maintaining employment for our Guests, that we just can’t [...]
February 19th, 2016
“The degree of loving can be measured by the degree of giving.” -Edwin Louis Cole Living out our value of Community and Giving Back, our Specialized Housing family did something pretty special just ahead of Valentine’s Day! The Residents and Colleagues of Specialized Housing delivered some special gifts to the homeless youth at Emmaus House. The Residents and [...]
February 10th, 2016
Feeling the Valentine’s Day Blues? Sometimes we may argue that the weather is on a par with how we feel – cold, tired, sleepy, wishing it were warmer. And if we were to express this feeling with a color, we would most likely say ‘I feel blue’. It only takes a second look at this [...]
January 22nd, 2016
Mary-Gail Hannon, a Guest of our Andover program, recently celebrated her 64th birthday in a big way…with a new job! Mary-Gail started working at the British Delights store earlier this month and she loves it. She said this new job gives her more confidence and independence. That’s some WOW! Magic! We’re so happy for Mary-Gail. [...]
January 20th, 2016
We celebrated National Hat Day last week, Friday, January 15, with all of our favorite, wacky hats! Our entire American Training Family was invited to wear their hats to all ATI locations, and encouraged to share photos of said hats. We found even more creativity and craziness than we ever expected with these hats. There [...]
January 19th, 2016
Do you like homemade cookies? We sure do! National Cookie Day was on December 15th and Specialized Housing decided to celebrate the day by baking, sharing and devouring some delicious goodies. The ladies at Mass Ave., one of our Specialized Housing homes, got to work and made dozens of delectable treats. Then they wrapped them in [...]
January 8th, 2016
The newest addition to the ATI family : Zoey Mae Moore Congratulations to Specialized Housing Manager Stephanie Colon Moore on the birth of her daughter Zoey Mae. She arrived on December 23rd, just in time for Christmas. Weighing in at 6 lbs. 10 oz. and measuring 19 1/2 inches, Zoey is just perfect! Mom and baby [...]
January 5th, 2016
Most of us look at the beginning of the new year as a time to make changes or to set goals for the year ahead. Financial health is one of the top 10 New Year’s resolutions, according to StatisticBrain.com, and pretty much every other list available on the internet. So we talked to our Business [...]
December 31st, 2015
Each year Christmas weaves the traditions of the past, the energy of the present, and the excitement of the future into one magical “Christmas feeling” and we give thanks for our wonderful families and lives. As Clarence reminded George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life, “each man’s life touches so many other lives.” Every year [...]
December 31st, 2015
We here in Day Services, like all members of the American Training family, have one thing in common…we are driven by a need to bring out the best in everyone we touch and to make sure that we make each and every Life Matter through our WOW! Magic. In the midst of this bustling holiday season, [...]