May 4th, 2016
It was just over a year ago, in January of 2015, when our Guests began working with Kettle Pizza. The business was fairly young, but our relationship with George Peters was not. Peters had worked with our Guests throughout the years, employing them in various capacities. So when he and Al Contarino needed reliable hard workers for [...]
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Filed Under: American Training Family, Day Services
April 20th, 2016
I’m Ivette, a Colleague at American Training who loves participating in (OCR) obstacle course races (Ivette is our Spartan Warrior). I started this new adventure four years ago and it has really changed my perspective on integrating fitness and fun into my life to be healthier. A few months ago, I was thinking of a [...]
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Filed Under: American Training Family, Professional Development
April 12th, 2016
We live in a youth-obsessed world! But that doesn’t mean aging has to be a bad thing. Afterall, “Growing old is a privilege denied to many.” With age comes wisdom, but that doesn’t mean you can’t keep your mind and body sharp and capable. Here are tips from experts on how to stay healthier, stronger, happier, and younger [...]
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Filed Under: American Training Family, LARE Training Center
April 6th, 2016
Students from the local Wetherbee School in Lawrence have been enthusiastically volunteering here at American Training for the past 3 years. During their time with us they have consistently done an amazing job interacting and working with Guests in our Day Services branch during various groups, activities and training exercises. Their presence has not only fostered a sense of personal [...]
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Filed Under: American Training Family, Day Services
March 16th, 2016
Our Facilities Director Donny was recently talking with us about the right time to discuss creating a Home Emergency Kit. There’s no right time, we determined, or really, it’s always the right time. Disasters can strike without any warning. As Donny pointed out, its important to be prepared for an emergency and having a Home Emergency Kit [...]
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Filed Under: American Training Family, Facilities
March 14th, 2016
It’s hard to belive we’re already half way into the month of March, but here we are, just past Daylight Savings Time, and on the brink of St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. It’s the time of year when we feel optimistic about the return of spring. March is the official break-out month. This can only mean one [...]
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Filed Under: LARE Training Center
February 24th, 2016
“Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.” – Albert Einstein We learn so much every day. We learn through our own experiences. We learn from our Colleagues, Guests, Residents, and Students. We learn from our own families and friends. And all of this helps us grow. Well now we’ve got another [...]
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Filed Under: American Training Family, Professional Development
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 [...]
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Filed Under: American Training Family, Specialized Housing
February 12th, 2016
January was National Hot Tea Month, and in an effort to celebrate, our Specialized Housing team hosted a tea party at one of our residential homes, Mass Ave. It was a pretty fancy affair, as we sipped from china teacups and nibbled on dainty tea sandwiches. With over 20 types of tea to choose from, many of us [...]
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February 11th, 2016
Our Lowell Options program celebrated Human Rights month in January with one of our main focuses being on the right to vote. What better way to learn about this right than to live it?! We conducted an election to appoint five Guests as members of our newly formed Advisory Committee, a group of Guests who focus their [...]
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Filed Under: American Training Family, Day Services
