New Star Employment Services

02/23/2018

Congratulation to Yolanda, John, Veronica and Lawrence! These New Star consumers were all offered jobs in the Rich 227 School District as Substitute Food Service Professionals. Kudos to Chip Young and Betsy Williams for making it happen!

02/20/2018

Congratulations to Troy on his new job at AMC Showplace Theater in Schererville!

01/29/2018

Cameron, a New Star consumer in our Indiana Employment Services program, is pictured in his new home for the next 10 weeks. Cameron is participating in the Erskine-Green Training Institute. Developed by The Arc of Indiana Foundation, its mission is to provide opportunities for postsecondary vocational training for people with disabilities that empower and lead to meaningful employment.

EGTI provides vocational training for a variety of jobs in the hotel, food service and healthcare support environments. It, along with its attached 150-room Courtyard Muncie at Horizon Convention Center hotel, is an immersive learning environment. We are happy for Cameron and this great opportunity.

12/04/2017

Alastaire Lundeen is a Dupage College student who describes herself as high functioning with Autism. She created a documentary to help open society's eyes to the talents and gifts hidden behind the label of Autism. Alastaire reached out to New Star recently and asked us to share her video. Kudos to you Alastaire!

Four college students share their experiences with Autism in both the workplace and in society. I created this documentary to help people realize how difficu...

11/22/2017

Did you know that New Star provides vocational training and career development to individuals with developmental disabilities? New Star is an Employment First organization, and we are committed to finding jobs in the community for those consumers who express an interest.

However, we recognize that community employment may not be the best option for everyone. That’s why we also offer a wide variety of vocational training opportunities within our sheltered workshop.

This , help us Make Life-Changing Moments Happen at New Star and support more than 650 children and adults with developmental disabilities live fulfilling lives.

Make your donation to New Star on November 28 by visiting: https://www.classy.org/checkout/donation?eid=155794

10/10/2017

Jamal takes a break from his job at Chuck E. Cheese to show us how much he enjoys his job! Jamal is part of the janitorial team at the Matteson location, and he also performs as "Chuck" in costume for the patrons. Good job, Jamal!

09/01/2017

Hurricane Help Request! The Arc of Texas has established a webpage with resources for people with developmental disabilities and their families. The site also includes a list of needed items and a donation link to support Texas chapters and the people they serve. Please consider lending a helping hand and share with your friends! https://www.thearcoftexas.org/harvey/

If you and your loves ones are affected by Hurricane Harvey, the following list of resources are made available. Please reach out to us with any unmet needs you or your loved ones are experiencing.

06/21/2017

Thank you to Nuance Solutions for their donation of products from their NuFiber Cleaning System! Thank you to Warehouse Direct for making it happen! Their donation helps to fund our Janitorial Program, which help us to create employment opportunities for individuals in the community!

05/11/2017

Here's an excellent video created by AI-Media to help raise understanding and acceptance of autism. Kudos to our friends in Sydney Australia for their work on this video.

https://www.facebook.com/aimediaAUS/videos/10154777513669220/

03/14/2017

This is a clip from Chicago Fire featuring Christopher, one of our Employment Services consumers. He is the young man in the wheelchair who has a short speaking role. Congratulations, Christopher!

01/09/2017

Disabled engineers make great contributors—if they can get past the interview

12/21/2016

Oscar nominations will be announced Jan. 24, and it’s likely the contenders will include black artists, and possibly some Latino/Hispanics and Asians. But there will be little to no representation …