[nfbmi-talk] FYI, Saturday article in Muskegon Chronicle on MCB award to Disability Connection West Michigan

[Larry Posont]

Commissioners, FYI, this article ran Saturday in the Muskegon
Chronicle.  Disability Connection West Michigan received an MCB
Employer Achievement Honor Roll Award on October 21.  The link and
complete text are pasted below.



Susan Turney

Communications & Outreach Coordinator, Michigan Commission for the Blind

Michigan Department Licensing and Regulatory Affairs

desk:  517-241-8631; cell: 517-243-3858; fax:  517-335-5140

MCB toll-free: 1-800-292-4200

201 N. Washington Square, Second Floor,

P.O. Box 30652; Lansing, MI 48909

www.michigan.gov/mcb





http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2011/11/disability_connection_west_mic_1.html

Disability Connection West Michigan receives award for work with blind people

Published: Saturday, November 05, 2011, 3:18 PM

By Megan Hart, The Muskegon Chronicle The Muskegon Chronicle



Disability Connection West Michigan was honored by the Michigan
Commission for the Blind for helping people with visual impairments to
find work.

The Achievement Honor Roll Awards were presented Oct. 21 in Lansing to
blind people who are "exemplary" in achieving employment and
independent living, employers who are leaders in hiring people with
visual impairments and organizations that partner with the commission
to help blind people achieve independence.

Disability Connection West Michigan was one of three employers
honored. The organization hired three Michigan Commission for the
Blind clients and helped four others find jobs in the Muskegon
community in recent years, as well as providing mentoring, MCB said.