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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. This is Miami Valley View, a Dayton public
service affairs program, all brought to you by iHeartMedia Dayton
and I am your host, Dave Alexander. And coming up
March is let me make sure I say it right,
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. And joining me is the CEOs.
(00:20):
That's still You've had so many titles, Dennis that I
figure your business cards bought the size of an index
card these days. So Dennis is joining us this morning.
So how you doing, my man.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Hey, we're doing great. We're really excited about March. Developmental
Disabilities Awareness a Month is one of the most exciting
times for us because we get to celebrate the people
we serve.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Yeah, that's great, and serve you do, and it's I
think the URS is a magnificent organization that we are
so lucky to have here in the Dayton area. And
and I think it's up to us as the community
to help you guys out. But if somebody, for instance,
(01:03):
has never heard of the United Rehabilitation Services, give us
an idea of what you guys are doing.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Sure, well, Dave, you know we've been around for sixty
nine years.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
My heavens.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Oh yeah, meeting the needs of children and adults with
disabilities literally for generations. Yeah, and we have some of
the adults who attend we have an adult day program
so they can participate in all kinds of structured activities,
go on field trips in the community. We have a
community integration program for adults that actually go out in
the community and they may go to the library or
(01:32):
the CROC Center or something. But they also volunteer at
the Boonshaft Center, they volunteer at Miami Valley, meals at
craons to classrooms, shoes for the I mean, so our
nonprofit partners are a great place for them to one
develop skills and two really feel good about giving back
themselves to the community.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
But our Employment Services program, we work with hundreds of
young people, high school kids with disabilities, so we help
them develop vocational skills to career your exploration and actually
help them get jobs as well as the adults with
disabilities in place every day.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, if you're an employer and you need a really
good solid employee, let us know, so contact yours. Our
Employment Services program is fabulous.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
And that's a great way for to give back. I mean,
it really is especially if you're you know, if you
have a small business something and you could use the help.
This is a great way to give back to urs.
So employers out there, business owners, Yeah, you know, give
them a ring of dang. Let's see what we can do.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
That's right, And we not only help them get on
the job, but we can provide a job coach to
make sure they get through the orientation process master the
skills needed to be successful in the job. So it's
really something special.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
So I have a question for you, Dennis, since it
is coming up to be Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month? Have
you found over I mean, how long have you been
with RS now twenty three and a half years, twenty
three and a half. Thanks, I appreciate it. H Have
you found that it's been that it's been difficult. Has
it been a fight to keep those with disabilities that
(03:04):
awareness out there? Has that been a struggle?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Well, you know, Dave, and we offer a tour every month,
so either a breakfast or a lunch tour. We invite
people through community to come in to learn about us.
And invariably somebody who's going to say, well, you're the
best cup secret in town. That is not my goal, right,
which is one of the reasons we're here today.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We want people to understand that. But yeah, it's it's
a constant struggle to share the message, share the mission.
But I feel like we're doing better all the time. Yeah,
you know, we have the Rubber Duck Regatta, we have
big events in the community where we have ambassadors who
have a disability that people can recognize. They tie that together.
But it's a constant struggle. But you know, when you
(03:47):
think about it, you know, really ten percent of the
people in the United States have a disability. It's actually, wow,
that's born ever guessed. Oh yeah, it's actually one of
the largest minority populations in the country and even the world.
So everybody probably knows someone. If you don't have a
family member, you know somebody who does have a disability
(04:09):
who struggled with that. So, you know, I feel it's
really important for people to be aware of the multitude
of services we offer. You know, we've been working with
the Governor's Office, the Department of Children and Youth on
trying to expand opportunities for childcare, high quality childcare for
kids with disabilities. We have the only childcare program in
(04:30):
the State of Ohio. Oh, you're kidding. That offers both
nursing services on site for kids who are medically fragile,
may need some gtube feeding, catheterization, whatever throughout the day.
But we have occupational, physical and speech therapists on site,
and so not only do they provide great outpatient pediatric
therapy services with very specialized things like aquatic therapy and
(04:52):
universal exercise unit, augmentative communication, et cetera, et cetera, but
we also can have them integrated in the class room.
So probably more than half of the kids that attend
our childcare are getting therapies through the day, so their
parents aren't leaving work earlyer going home in the middle
of the day to take kids to therapy. Sure, you know,
(05:14):
and we relieve so much stress on the family, but
we also get better continuity of care, so you have
fewer no shows, fewer you know, cancel. Yeah. Absolutely, And
we see such rapid progress because the therapists actually provide
training for our childcare staff as well as our adult
staff on how to implement therapeutic techniques throughout the day
to see such rapid progress as a result.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
So are you working with the Governor's office to get
more of that provided across the state, since you guys
are the only ones that seem to be doing it well.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
You know, we did work with the director, weentte from
the Department of Children and Youth and we released the
program about a year and a half ago called Ohio Promise,
which encourages other childcare programs to have their staff go
through training processes through these webinars, these workshops to understand
developmental disabilities more and to understand developmental stages. You know,
(06:09):
to work in a childcare program. To even be the
director of a childcare program in oh you have to
be eighteen years old and have a high school diploma.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
No other nothing else.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
That's pretty much yet you're serious.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Yeah, so there's no like college degree or social services
work or wow.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
But we're gold star rated under the Step Up to
Quality program here in Ohio, and all of our teachers
have either a bachelor's degree or a master's degree. All
of our assistants in the classroom have either a certificate
in child development or an associate's degree. So we make
sure that we're providing absolutely the highest quality care people
(06:46):
who really understand the needs of your kids. Do you
do you have any idea how long does that certification take?
I mean, is it a is it a you know,
like you were saying, you're the assistants are certified in care.
How long is something like that take? Oh well, any
of them who just get the certificate, they'll go through training.
It might take six months or more. And then after
they go through all the training, they have somebody come
(07:07):
on site and do an observation make sure they know
how to actually apply what they learned. Yeah, but it's
a great process, and you know, we actually provide if
when I looked at our statistics for twenty twenty four,
our childcare staff averaged fifty six hours of continuing education
in that wall year outstanding and the requirement's only twenty.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Oh wow, so you're continuing.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
So we really want to continue to develop their skills.
And honestly, that doesn't even count what additional training our
therapists provide for.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Them as well. And I think that's especially there's a
lot of people out there that would love to be
a part of this and that realized that, you know,
a certification, especially with you guys, is required. But you know,
if you can go through six months of your life
to help out all those in need with disabilities, is
(07:58):
I think is it's probably well worth it to you
and to them well.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
And you know, we serve promdominantly about sixty five seventy
percent of the kids we serve have a disability of
some type. But we also serve typically developing siblings of
those kids. So you serve typically developing kids and even
some of our employees kids. So it's an opportunity to
make sure that we're providing the kind of stimulating environment
for all kids, regardless of ability. And you have positive
(08:26):
peer role models, you know, so if a child may
be struggling to walk or to crawl, they observe their
their peer in the classroom and they may strive and
work even harder to keep up and to be a
part of things. Yeah, but it's a great environment. But
we couldn't do it without the community. We have a
huge funding gap. We have to make up peer with fundraising.
(08:47):
But you know, March is our chance to really celebrate
this and to I think brag a little bit about
how great all the kids and adults we serve have
done the amazing accomplishments. And throughout March we're going to
be celebrating one way, as we've got all of our
local legislators and politicians are coming in. Senator black Share,
(09:08):
we've got all three county commissioners McDonald, Rice and Dodge.
We've got the mayor came in and read nice. It's
been great. You know Derek Forward from the NAACP. So
it's all about celebrating the people that we really care
most about.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Yeah, that's amazing. So what I mean, what can we expect?
What's going on? How can we the community help you
guys in this in this month of awareness?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Well, I encourage you. One is we're actually displaying a
lot of our client artwork that is created by both
kids and adults are going to be displayed throughout the hallways. Actually,
March fourteenth, we're having a performance done by it's an
intergenerational performance by kids and adults produced by the Meuse Machine.
Oh so we're gonna have a lot of fun with that. Yes,
(09:59):
I love the Use Machine teams several times. It's a
great group. We love those guys. But you know it's
it's gonna be a big celebration. But we also have
a tour on March nineteen.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Okay, mark that down, people. March nineteen.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Yeah, so you can. Basically, we have people come in
at eight fifteen. We start with a breakfast and a
presentation at eight thirty. We have a tour about nine o'clock.
In your out the door by nine thirty. But you
can learn more about that tour and everyone through the
rest of the year by going to our website Rsdayton
dot org and you can learn more, not just about
(10:33):
the tours under get involved, Yeah, like tours, and they'll
tell you about everything the rest of the year. But
we encourage you to go to the website just to
learn more about the people we serve, the services we
offer literally from six weeks of age. We have a
school age program for six to seventeen year olds for
after school as well as all summer long, fall break,
(10:54):
winter break, spring break. But you know, the programming that
we offer these people literally from the time they're born
through their end stages of life. Yeah, we have some
of the adults we're serving in our adult day program
who have actually been with us for probably forty or
even fifty more years. So they start out when they're
(11:15):
young children and stay with us throughout their life. As
long as they need services. We can find a way
to make a difference in their lives.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Let's make a difference, because you guys are doing great,
great work, you know, let's say that besides having you
here with me a couple of times a year on
Miami Valley View, my favorite way of helping out the
RS is with Jersey Mikes.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah, that's a real good one, right, So they're doing
it all month long, is that right? Well, you know
it's funny that their month of giving coincides with our
March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and for fifteen years, Jersey
Mikes throughout the greater Dayton area, including the location in Troy,
(11:56):
they all support us throughout the month. So you can
make a donation, and for your donation, there's an incentive
you make. You don't donate a dollar throughout the month,
and you get a free bag of chips. You two dollars,
you get chips and a drink, or three dollars. You know,
if you donate five dollars, you get a free sub
with a purchase for another sub. So you're coming out ahead,
well worth it, well worthy. But March twenty six, the
(12:21):
day of giving.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Ah one of my favorite days.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Yeah, because boy, I tell you a lot of restaurants offer,
you know, kind of fundraisers for nonprofit organizations. Usually it's
ten percent, you get a portion of the pro twenty percent.
Maybe it's just the food, not the drinks. One hundred
percent of every sale, for every bag of chips, every cookie,
every sandwich, every drink, one hundred percent on March twenty
(12:47):
six goes directly to the kids and adults with disabilities
at United Rehabilitation Service.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
It's incredible. That is an amazing thing that Jersey Mike
Says has teamed up with you guys. One hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
One hundred percent and literally they have donated over the
last fifteen years over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars too.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
And on a national level, I mean they do this
throughout the country. They are very philanthropic and how they
approach the community. Sixty seven million dollars ses is that unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
That's incredible. Congratulations. Way to go to Jersey Mikes. And
I'm glad you guys are a part of it because
Jersey Mikes is flat out delicious and you can go
there on the twenty sixth of March and you're not
only getting some great food, but you're helping out RS completely.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Yeah, get there any of their locations Englewood, Springboro, catter
Or and far Hills either on seven to twenty five
in Miamisburg, you know, and Huber which is one of
their newer locations, and also up in Troy for you
guys who live north, we're gonna see out at one
of them making some sandwiches or anything. They don't let
me behind the count.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
That's probably smart.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
That meat that meat slicer is a little.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Bit I don't wouldn'tant to get anywhere near that either,
but yeah, so make sure you're you're checking out Jersey
Mikes on March twenty sixth and and help support RS Uh.
They are doing stuff all month long at Jersey Mikes
as well, so feel free to go all month long
real quick before we only get like a minute or
so left. But I just want to if somebody's hearing
this for that, if they're new to town, they've got
(14:16):
a child with disabilities or perhaps an older, you know,
adult with disabilities, how do they get in touch with you?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
All you've got to do is go to our website
your Sdayton dot org or you can call nine three
seven two three three one two three zero. But you know,
the website's a great way you can look at individual
service lines programs. All of our managers in contact information
is there as well as mine reach out. Let us
(14:43):
know what we can do to make a difference in
the life of the people that you're in touch with
and that really could benefit from that.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
That's awesome, Dennis. As always, it is great to have
you in with us. RS does great things here in
the Miami Valley and we're so proud to have you
guys here with us, and thanks for joining.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
We're proud to be a partner of yours as well.
Thanks Jed,
Good morning. This is Miami Valley View, a Dayton public
service affairs program, all brought to you by iHeartMedia Dayton
and I am your host, Dave Alexander. And coming up
March is let me make sure I say it right,
Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. And joining me is the CEOs.
(00:20):
That's still You've had so many titles, Dennis that I
figure your business cards bought the size of an index
card these days. So Dennis is joining us this morning.
So how you doing, my man.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Hey, we're doing great. We're really excited about March. Developmental
Disabilities Awareness a Month is one of the most exciting
times for us because we get to celebrate the people
we serve.
Speaker 1 (00:40):
Yeah, that's great, and serve you do, and it's I
think the URS is a magnificent organization that we are
so lucky to have here in the Dayton area. And
and I think it's up to us as the community
to help you guys out. But if somebody, for instance,
(01:03):
has never heard of the United Rehabilitation Services, give us
an idea of what you guys are doing.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
Sure, well, Dave, you know we've been around for sixty
nine years.
Speaker 1 (01:11):
My heavens.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
Oh yeah, meeting the needs of children and adults with
disabilities literally for generations. Yeah, and we have some of
the adults who attend we have an adult day program
so they can participate in all kinds of structured activities,
go on field trips in the community. We have a
community integration program for adults that actually go out in
the community and they may go to the library or
(01:32):
the CROC Center or something. But they also volunteer at
the Boonshaft Center, they volunteer at Miami Valley, meals at
craons to classrooms, shoes for the I mean, so our
nonprofit partners are a great place for them to one
develop skills and two really feel good about giving back
themselves to the community.
Speaker 1 (01:50):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (01:51):
But our Employment Services program, we work with hundreds of
young people, high school kids with disabilities, so we help
them develop vocational skills to career your exploration and actually
help them get jobs as well as the adults with
disabilities in place every day.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
That's amazing.
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah, if you're an employer and you need a really
good solid employee, let us know, so contact yours. Our
Employment Services program is fabulous.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
And that's a great way for to give back. I mean,
it really is especially if you're you know, if you
have a small business something and you could use the help.
This is a great way to give back to urs.
So employers out there, business owners, Yeah, you know, give
them a ring of dang. Let's see what we can do.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
That's right, And we not only help them get on
the job, but we can provide a job coach to
make sure they get through the orientation process master the
skills needed to be successful in the job. So it's
really something special.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
So I have a question for you, Dennis, since it
is coming up to be Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month? Have
you found over I mean, how long have you been
with RS now twenty three and a half years, twenty
three and a half. Thanks, I appreciate it. H Have
you found that it's been that it's been difficult. Has
it been a fight to keep those with disabilities that
(03:04):
awareness out there? Has that been a struggle?
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Well, you know, Dave, and we offer a tour every month,
so either a breakfast or a lunch tour. We invite
people through community to come in to learn about us.
And invariably somebody who's going to say, well, you're the
best cup secret in town. That is not my goal, right,
which is one of the reasons we're here today.
Speaker 1 (03:23):
Absolutely right.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
We want people to understand that. But yeah, it's it's
a constant struggle to share the message, share the mission.
But I feel like we're doing better all the time. Yeah,
you know, we have the Rubber Duck Regatta, we have
big events in the community where we have ambassadors who
have a disability that people can recognize. They tie that together.
But it's a constant struggle. But you know, when you
(03:47):
think about it, you know, really ten percent of the
people in the United States have a disability. It's actually, wow,
that's born ever guessed. Oh yeah, it's actually one of
the largest minority populations in the country and even the world.
So everybody probably knows someone. If you don't have a
family member, you know somebody who does have a disability
(04:09):
who struggled with that. So, you know, I feel it's
really important for people to be aware of the multitude
of services we offer. You know, we've been working with
the Governor's Office, the Department of Children and Youth on
trying to expand opportunities for childcare, high quality childcare for
kids with disabilities. We have the only childcare program in
(04:30):
the State of Ohio. Oh, you're kidding. That offers both
nursing services on site for kids who are medically fragile,
may need some gtube feeding, catheterization, whatever throughout the day.
But we have occupational, physical and speech therapists on site,
and so not only do they provide great outpatient pediatric
therapy services with very specialized things like aquatic therapy and
(04:52):
universal exercise unit, augmentative communication, et cetera, et cetera, but
we also can have them integrated in the class room.
So probably more than half of the kids that attend
our childcare are getting therapies through the day, so their
parents aren't leaving work earlyer going home in the middle
of the day to take kids to therapy. Sure, you know,
(05:14):
and we relieve so much stress on the family, but
we also get better continuity of care, so you have
fewer no shows, fewer you know, cancel. Yeah. Absolutely, And
we see such rapid progress because the therapists actually provide
training for our childcare staff as well as our adult
staff on how to implement therapeutic techniques throughout the day
to see such rapid progress as a result.
Speaker 1 (05:37):
So are you working with the Governor's office to get
more of that provided across the state, since you guys
are the only ones that seem to be doing it well.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
You know, we did work with the director, weentte from
the Department of Children and Youth and we released the
program about a year and a half ago called Ohio Promise,
which encourages other childcare programs to have their staff go
through training processes through these webinars, these workshops to understand
developmental disabilities more and to understand developmental stages. You know,
(06:09):
to work in a childcare program. To even be the
director of a childcare program in oh you have to
be eighteen years old and have a high school diploma.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
No other nothing else.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
That's pretty much yet you're serious.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
Yeah, so there's no like college degree or social services
work or wow.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
But we're gold star rated under the Step Up to
Quality program here in Ohio, and all of our teachers
have either a bachelor's degree or a master's degree. All
of our assistants in the classroom have either a certificate
in child development or an associate's degree. So we make
sure that we're providing absolutely the highest quality care people
(06:46):
who really understand the needs of your kids. Do you
do you have any idea how long does that certification take?
I mean, is it a is it a you know,
like you were saying, you're the assistants are certified in care.
How long is something like that take? Oh well, any
of them who just get the certificate, they'll go through training.
It might take six months or more. And then after
they go through all the training, they have somebody come
(07:07):
on site and do an observation make sure they know
how to actually apply what they learned. Yeah, but it's
a great process, and you know, we actually provide if
when I looked at our statistics for twenty twenty four,
our childcare staff averaged fifty six hours of continuing education
in that wall year outstanding and the requirement's only twenty.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Oh wow, so you're continuing.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
So we really want to continue to develop their skills.
And honestly, that doesn't even count what additional training our
therapists provide for.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Them as well. And I think that's especially there's a
lot of people out there that would love to be
a part of this and that realized that, you know,
a certification, especially with you guys, is required. But you know,
if you can go through six months of your life
to help out all those in need with disabilities, is
(07:58):
I think is it's probably well worth it to you
and to them well.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
And you know, we serve promdominantly about sixty five seventy
percent of the kids we serve have a disability of
some type. But we also serve typically developing siblings of
those kids. So you serve typically developing kids and even
some of our employees kids. So it's an opportunity to
make sure that we're providing the kind of stimulating environment
for all kids, regardless of ability. And you have positive
(08:26):
peer role models, you know, so if a child may
be struggling to walk or to crawl, they observe their
their peer in the classroom and they may strive and
work even harder to keep up and to be a
part of things. Yeah, but it's a great environment. But
we couldn't do it without the community. We have a
huge funding gap. We have to make up peer with fundraising.
(08:47):
But you know, March is our chance to really celebrate
this and to I think brag a little bit about
how great all the kids and adults we serve have
done the amazing accomplishments. And throughout March we're going to
be celebrating one way, as we've got all of our
local legislators and politicians are coming in. Senator black Share,
(09:08):
we've got all three county commissioners McDonald, Rice and Dodge.
We've got the mayor came in and read nice. It's
been great. You know Derek Forward from the NAACP. So
it's all about celebrating the people that we really care
most about.
Speaker 1 (09:27):
Yeah, that's amazing. So what I mean, what can we expect?
What's going on? How can we the community help you
guys in this in this month of awareness?
Speaker 2 (09:37):
Well, I encourage you. One is we're actually displaying a
lot of our client artwork that is created by both
kids and adults are going to be displayed throughout the hallways. Actually,
March fourteenth, we're having a performance done by it's an
intergenerational performance by kids and adults produced by the Meuse Machine.
Oh so we're gonna have a lot of fun with that. Yes,
(09:59):
I love the Use Machine teams several times. It's a
great group. We love those guys. But you know it's
it's gonna be a big celebration. But we also have
a tour on March nineteen.
Speaker 1 (10:11):
Okay, mark that down, people. March nineteen.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Yeah, so you can. Basically, we have people come in
at eight fifteen. We start with a breakfast and a
presentation at eight thirty. We have a tour about nine o'clock.
In your out the door by nine thirty. But you
can learn more about that tour and everyone through the
rest of the year by going to our website Rsdayton
dot org and you can learn more, not just about
(10:33):
the tours under get involved, Yeah, like tours, and they'll
tell you about everything the rest of the year. But
we encourage you to go to the website just to
learn more about the people we serve, the services we
offer literally from six weeks of age. We have a
school age program for six to seventeen year olds for
after school as well as all summer long, fall break,
(10:54):
winter break, spring break. But you know, the programming that
we offer these people literally from the time they're born
through their end stages of life. Yeah, we have some
of the adults we're serving in our adult day program
who have actually been with us for probably forty or
even fifty more years. So they start out when they're
(11:15):
young children and stay with us throughout their life. As
long as they need services. We can find a way
to make a difference in their lives.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
Let's make a difference, because you guys are doing great,
great work, you know, let's say that besides having you
here with me a couple of times a year on
Miami Valley View, my favorite way of helping out the
RS is with Jersey Mikes.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
Yeah, that's a real good one, right, So they're doing
it all month long, is that right? Well, you know
it's funny that their month of giving coincides with our
March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and for fifteen years, Jersey
Mikes throughout the greater Dayton area, including the location in Troy,
(11:56):
they all support us throughout the month. So you can
make a donation, and for your donation, there's an incentive
you make. You don't donate a dollar throughout the month,
and you get a free bag of chips. You two dollars,
you get chips and a drink, or three dollars. You know,
if you donate five dollars, you get a free sub
with a purchase for another sub. So you're coming out ahead,
well worth it, well worthy. But March twenty six, the
(12:21):
day of giving.
Speaker 1 (12:22):
Ah one of my favorite days.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
Yeah, because boy, I tell you a lot of restaurants offer,
you know, kind of fundraisers for nonprofit organizations. Usually it's
ten percent, you get a portion of the pro twenty percent.
Maybe it's just the food, not the drinks. One hundred
percent of every sale, for every bag of chips, every cookie,
every sandwich, every drink, one hundred percent on March twenty
(12:47):
six goes directly to the kids and adults with disabilities
at United Rehabilitation Service.
Speaker 1 (12:52):
It's incredible. That is an amazing thing that Jersey Mike
Says has teamed up with you guys. One hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
One hundred percent and literally they have donated over the
last fifteen years over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars too.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (13:06):
And on a national level, I mean they do this
throughout the country. They are very philanthropic and how they
approach the community. Sixty seven million dollars ses is that unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (13:16):
That's incredible. Congratulations. Way to go to Jersey Mikes. And
I'm glad you guys are a part of it because
Jersey Mikes is flat out delicious and you can go
there on the twenty sixth of March and you're not
only getting some great food, but you're helping out RS completely.
Speaker 2 (13:33):
Yeah, get there any of their locations Englewood, Springboro, catter
Or and far Hills either on seven to twenty five
in Miamisburg, you know, and Huber which is one of
their newer locations, and also up in Troy for you
guys who live north, we're gonna see out at one
of them making some sandwiches or anything. They don't let
me behind the count.
Speaker 1 (13:51):
That's probably smart.
Speaker 2 (13:52):
That meat that meat slicer is a little.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Bit I don't wouldn'tant to get anywhere near that either,
but yeah, so make sure you're you're checking out Jersey
Mikes on March twenty sixth and and help support RS Uh.
They are doing stuff all month long at Jersey Mikes
as well, so feel free to go all month long
real quick before we only get like a minute or
so left. But I just want to if somebody's hearing
this for that, if they're new to town, they've got
(14:16):
a child with disabilities or perhaps an older, you know,
adult with disabilities, how do they get in touch with you?
Speaker 2 (14:21):
All you've got to do is go to our website
your Sdayton dot org or you can call nine three
seven two three three one two three zero. But you know,
the website's a great way you can look at individual
service lines programs. All of our managers in contact information
is there as well as mine reach out. Let us
(14:43):
know what we can do to make a difference in
the life of the people that you're in touch with
and that really could benefit from that.
Speaker 1 (14:49):
That's awesome, Dennis. As always, it is great to have
you in with us. RS does great things here in
the Miami Valley and we're so proud to have you
guys here with us, and thanks for joining.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
We're proud to be a partner of yours as well.
Thanks Jed,
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