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Register Here! Save the date for HRU’s second annual run4FUN! run2overcome! 5K run/1 mile walk. Start/Finish at Samuel’s Sports Bar and the Basketball Hall of Fame parking lot on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Please see our links below for complete race details and sponsorship opportunties. Click this link to REGISTER NOW!
Save the date for HRU’s second annual run4FUN! run2overcome! 5K run/1 mile walk. Start/Finish at Samuel’s Sports Bar and the Basketball Hall of Fame parking lot on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Please see our links below for complete race details and sponsorship opportunties. Click this link to REGISTER NOW!
HRU attends UTCA’s 14th annual client update meeting. Read the article
When life hands you challenges, it isn’t always easy to find a way to continue to have fun. And often times, that drive and want to pursue some of life’s smallest pleasures can be halted by some of society’s or an organization’s rules or misconceptions.
Having experienced first-hand some of the bumps on the road of life, Holland resident Dick Hoyt was recently invited to speak at Human Resources Unlimited’s (HRU) annual fundraising meeting at the Sheraton in Springfield. HRU is a community rehabilitation program with satellite offices in Springfield and other Western Massachusetts communities that provides opportunities to individuals who have disabilities or are otherwise at a disadvantage to access employment, skills training and community resources by creating and supporting employment options that incorporate individual goals and promote full inclusion into the community. Click to read the article Pedaling Inspiration, One Step At A Time
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Thank you to all who joined us on October 27th to learn more about HRU and the people we serve. Dick Hoyt shared Team Hoyt’s remarkable story and moved many in the audience to support HRU’s mission of full inclusion for all people, no matter their ability.
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SOUTHBRIDGE — Members of Tradewinds Clubhouse don’t let mental illnesses prevent them from achieving personal success and making meaningful contributions to their communities.
Each day they strive to take advantage of employment opportunities and participate in many volunteer and educational endeavors as well.
Tradewinds Clubhouse, which has served adults with mental illnesses from area communities since 1990, provides its nearly 600 members with the chance to increase their social, vocational, and learning skills. True to its name, the clubhouse offers members a place to belong, assisting them with determining their goals and helping them to achieve those goals. Continue reading…
[ Source: Southbridge Evening News Article ]
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HRU has developed an innovative, comprehensive approach to helping individuals improve their job readiness, employment options, job retention, and overall quality of life by integrating neuroscience and physical activity within the learning environment.
HRU has developed Changing Habits Transforming Lives, a program designed for adults with mental disabilities, as well as disadvantaged welfare-to-work recipients, to assist them in developing job readiness skills and healthy lifestyle habits. The program offers a holistic approach to job readiness, employment, job retention, and overall quality of life, resulting in more effective, positive outcomes for the participants and the communities in which we all live.
By participating in a 16 week structured learning environment, participants will improve their ability to manage stress, handle conflict, deal with illness, obtain and retain employment, leading to an improved overall quality of life. The approach will serve to engage, motivate and excite individuals to participate fully in making a commitment to change their habits and develop a healthier, more productive life style, enabling them to become better role models in their families and in their communities.
HRU continues to test and refine this prototype program and is in need of partners who specialize in the areas of healthcare, research and data collection to bring this project to full scale. In addition, we need employer partners who are interested in providing job opportunities to our graduates. For more information on HRU’s Changing Habits Transforming Lives program, please contact Kathleen Plante at (413) 781-5359 x 111 or via email at gro.urhnull@etnalPK
Changing Habits Transforming Lives
120 Maple Street, Suite 400
Springfield, MA 01103
Phone: (413) 781-5359
Fax: (413) 746-3370
Email: gro.urhnull@ofnI
