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• 12/08/2008
  Ability Beyond Disability meets challenges head on
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  Sodexo Honored by Ability Beyond Disability
• 10/25/2008
  Elaine Cox named Philanthropist of the Year by Ability Beyond Disability
• 10/24/2008
  Pepsi Bottling Group honored by Ability Beyond Disability
• 10/21/2008
  Changing Lives for 55 Years
• 10/20/2008
  Disability Mentoring Day a huge success!
• 10/17/2008
  2nd Annual Career Development Consumer & Employer Breakfast
• 10/01/2008
  Fall Fund Fest has arrived!
• 09/30/2008
  Local businesses help pave the way for students with disabilities
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Pepsi Bottling Group honored by Ability Beyond Disability

Seven years of commendable support providing jobs for individuals with disabilities

BETHEL, Conn., October 24, 2008 -- Ability Beyond Disability honored Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) at the agency's Celebration of Ability event, with its Outstanding Employer Award.  Consideration for the award include the number of Ability Beyond Disability consumers employed, length of employment, special accomodations and integration into work culture and environment. 

The relationship with PBG began seven years ago when they offered a consumer of Ability Beyond Disability a job in their fitness center at its headquarters in Somers, NY. Since then PBG has done so much more than just provide a few job opportunities.  They have opened their doors to many other Ability Beyond Disability consumers, allowing them to "shadow" the fitness attendant and learn new skills; offering Ability Beyond Disability Employment Specialists the opportunity to assess their abilities and help each individual consumer prepare for future employment. 

 

"PBG serves as an example of a truly outstanding community employer who has partnered with us to help individuals with disabilities enjoy the pleasures of earning a paycheck and working in the community," said Thomas H. Fanning, President/CEO of Ability Beyond Disability. "I commend PBG for all they have done to promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace."

Other outstanding community service award recipients were: Outstanding Employer, Sodexo; Outstanding Employee, Jessica Forgione, Diane Strom and Jeff Tomascak; Outstanding Philanthropist, Elain Cox.  The organization also welcomed new Board members: Paul Hamilton or Pepsi Bottling Group to the Board of Directors and John Arcario of Cartus, Greg Moore of Pepsi Bottling Group and Jordan Young of Fairfield Processing to the Board of Trustees. 

Ability Beyond Disability is a 501{c} (3) organization headquartered in Bethel, Conn. and Mount Kisco, N.Y. It provides a wide range of services for approximately 1,000 people with a disability that inhibits their activities of daily living -- including numerous residential alternatives, employment training, career counseling, job placement services, cognitive and life skills instruction, clinical and therapeutic support, and volunteer and recreational activities. Today, its services extend far beyond the Danbury community into much of Connecticut and the Hudson Valley, New York. For more information about Ability Beyond Disability go to www.abilitybeyonddisability.org.