{"id":1360,"date":"2015-07-02T15:44:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T15:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/?page_id=929"},"modified":"2023-10-20T01:30:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T01:30:03","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/about\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-bg-parallax\" data-bg-align=\"center center\" data-direction=\"down\" data-mute=\"false\" data-opacity=\"100\" data-velocity=\"-0.3\" data-mobile-enabled=\"false\" data-break_parents=\"0\" data-bg-image=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ales-krivec-4miBe6zg5r0-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" data-bg-repeat=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"hsla(var(--awb-color7-h),var(--awb-color7-s),var(--awb-color7-l),calc(var(--awb-color7-a) + 80%))\" data-blend-mode=\"overlay\" ><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container faded-background fusion-parallax-down nonhundred-percent-fullwidth 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href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/thank-you-for-making-the-2023-owl-foundation-golf-outing-a-success\/\">Thank you for making the 2023 OWL Foundation Golf Outing a success<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_1546-Eraser-Eraser_Social.jpg\" data-id=\"2098\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_1546-Eraser-Eraser_Social\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/thank-you-for-making-the-2023-owl-foundation-golf-outing-a-success\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you for making the 2023 OWL Foundation Golf Outing a success\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"tag\">News<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/thank-you-for-making-the-2023-owl-foundation-golf-outing-a-success\/\" aria-label=\"Thank you for making the 2023 OWL Foundation Golf Outing a success\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">27<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2023<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/thank-you-for-making-the-2023-owl-foundation-golf-outing-a-success\/\">Thank you for making the 2023 OWL Foundation Golf Outing a success<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/author\/wes\/\" title=\"Posts by OWL\" rel=\"author\">OWL<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-27T19:58:52-05:00<\/span><span>July 27th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> We are so grateful for the support from everyone [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" 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allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Asyrian-Jackson-320x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Asyrian Jackson\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201920%201080%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271920%27%20height%3D%271080%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Asyrian-Jackson-320x202.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Asyrian-Jackson-320x202.jpg 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class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/transformative-journey-of-asyrian-jackson-empowering-success\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTransformative Journey of Asyrian Jackson: Empowering Success with OWL&#8217;s Skilled Trade Academy\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/success-stories\/\" rel=\"tag\">Success Stories<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/transformative-journey-of-asyrian-jackson-empowering-success\/\" aria-label=\"Transformative Journey of Asyrian Jackson: Empowering Success with OWL&#8217;s Skilled Trade Academy\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/transformative-journey-of-asyrian-jackson-empowering-success\/\">Transformative Journey of Asyrian Jackson: Empowering Success with OWL&#8217;s Skilled Trade Academy<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/author\/wes\/\" title=\"Posts by OWL\" rel=\"author\">OWL<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-27T18:06:37-05:00<\/span><span>July 27th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/success-stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Success Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>  Asyrian Jackson, a determined and enthusiastic individual, embarked on a transformative journey with Opportunity for Work and Learning (OWL) and the Skilled Trade Academy. In an interview, Asyrian shared his initial discovery of the program through Waypoint, with the help of his Aunt Jerry, who recognized his strong desire to find meaningful employment. As a newcomer to the construction industry, Asyrian admitted to feeling nervous and anxious. However, his passion for hands-on work fueled his determination to explore [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/transformative-journey-of-asyrian-jackson-empowering-success\/\" aria-label=\"More on Transformative Journey of Asyrian Jackson: Empowering Success with OWL&#8217;s Skilled Trade Academy\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-2066\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-2066 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-articles category-success-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">27<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2023<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/jeff-holt-was-looking-for-a-job-that-would-add-to-his-ability-to-maintain-independent-living\/\">Jeff Holt&#8217;s journey to maintain independent living<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/author\/wes\/\" title=\"Posts by OWL\" rel=\"author\">OWL<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-28T16:53:20-05:00<\/span><span>July 27th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/success-stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Success Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> After years of unstable employment, Jeff Holt was looking for a job that would add to his ability to maintain independent living and his quality of life. With the assistance of Employment Coordinator Andy Cotter, who assessed his skills and needs, identified jobs, and assisted him in obtaining a job, he has been employed for over four months as a custodian cleaning common areas for University of Kentucky. He says that he is really happy to find a job [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/jeff-holt-was-looking-for-a-job-that-would-add-to-his-ability-to-maintain-independent-living\/\" aria-label=\"More on Jeff Holt&#8217;s journey to maintain independent living\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-2063\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-2063 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-success-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">27<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2023<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"203\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Liz--203x202.jpg\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Liz\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27203%27%20height%3D%27208%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20203%20208%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27203%27%20height%3D%27208%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Liz--203x202.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Liz--66x66.jpg 66w, https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Liz--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Liz--203x202.jpg 203w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/liz-is-an-outgoing-person-who-loves-connecting-with-others\/\">Community Living Supports helps people like Liz connect with others<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Liz-.jpg\" data-id=\"2063\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Liz\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/liz-is-an-outgoing-person-who-loves-connecting-with-others\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCommunity Living Supports helps people like Liz connect with others\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/success-stories\/\" rel=\"tag\">Success Stories<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/liz-is-an-outgoing-person-who-loves-connecting-with-others\/\" aria-label=\"Community Living Supports helps people like Liz connect with others\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/liz-is-an-outgoing-person-who-loves-connecting-with-others\/\">Community Living Supports helps people like Liz connect with others<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/author\/wes\/\" title=\"Posts by OWL\" rel=\"author\">OWL<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-28T16:53:32-05:00<\/span><span>July 27th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/success-stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Success Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>  Liz is an outgoing person who loves connecting with others. OWL supports Liz through Community Living Supports which emphasizes meaningful connections in the community and promotes independence at home. With the support of her Direct Support Professional, Liz has access to community groups, volunteer opportunities, and resources in her neighborhood. Liz enjoys writing letters to stay in touch with pen pals, so we help her improve her writing skills ensuring she effectively communicates her thoughts and feelings with [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/liz-is-an-outgoing-person-who-loves-connecting-with-others\/\" aria-label=\"More on Community Living Supports helps people like Liz connect with others\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-2059\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-2059 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-success-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">27<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2023<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27690%27%20height%3D%27629%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20690%20629%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27690%27%20height%3D%27629%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Heather\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Heather-1-320x202.jpg\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/heather-is-a-valued-employee-at-dairy-queen\/\">Dairy Queen found a valuable asset in Heather because of her commitment and willingness to learn<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Heather-1.jpg\" data-id=\"2059\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Heather\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/heather-is-a-valued-employee-at-dairy-queen\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDairy Queen found a valuable asset in Heather because of her commitment and willingness to learn\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/success-stories\/\" rel=\"tag\">Success Stories<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/heather-is-a-valued-employee-at-dairy-queen\/\" aria-label=\"Dairy Queen found a valuable asset in Heather because of her commitment and willingness to learn\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/heather-is-a-valued-employee-at-dairy-queen\/\">Dairy Queen found a valuable asset in Heather because of her commitment and willingness to learn<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/author\/wes\/\" title=\"Posts by OWL\" rel=\"author\">OWL<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-28T16:53:41-05:00<\/span><span>July 27th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/success-stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Success Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>  Heather is a valued employee at Dairy Queen in Frankfort. OWL supports Heather through Supported Employment, and assists Heather to advocate for herself on the job including mastering new, valuable skills. We also evaluate progress toward long-term goals and encourage future career planning and growth. With the help of OWL, she honed her customer care skills learned to operate a cash register, maintain the eat-in dining area, and assist with food preparation. Because of Heather's willingness to learn [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-meta-info\"><div class=\"fusion-alignright\"><a class=\"fusion-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/heather-is-a-valued-employee-at-dairy-queen\/\" aria-label=\"More on Dairy Queen found a valuable asset in Heather because of her commitment and willingness to learn\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-2-post-2049\" class=\"fusion-post-medium-alternate post-2049 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-articles category-success-stories\">\n<div class=\"fusion-date-and-formats\"><div class=\"fusion-date-box updated\"><span class=\"fusion-date\">27<\/span><span class=\"fusion-month-year\">07, 2023<\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-format-box\"><i class=\"awb-icon-pen\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div><\/div>\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper fusion-image-size-fixed\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27589%27%20height%3D%27641%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20589%20641%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27589%27%20height%3D%27641%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" class=\"attachment-blog-medium size-blog-medium lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Crystal\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Crystal-2-320x202.jpg\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/crystals-struggles\/\">After discovering her strengths, Crystal found a job she loves<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Crystal-2.jpg\" data-id=\"2049\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Crystal 2\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"fusion-rollover-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/crystals-struggles\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter discovering her strengths, Crystal found a job she loves\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/success-stories\/\" rel=\"tag\">Success Stories<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/crystals-struggles\/\" aria-label=\"After discovering her strengths, Crystal found a job she loves\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/2023\/07\/27\/crystals-struggles\/\">After discovering her strengths, Crystal found a job she loves<\/a><\/h2><p class=\"fusion-single-line-meta\"><span class=\"vcard\" style=\"display: none;\"><span class=\"fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/author\/wes\/\" title=\"Posts by OWL\" rel=\"author\">OWL<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"updated\" style=\"display:none;\">2023-07-28T16:53:56-05:00<\/span><span>July 27th, 2023<\/span><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/articles\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Articles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/owlinc.net\/category\/success-stories\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Success Stories<\/a><span class=\"fusion-inline-sep\">|<\/span><\/p><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>  Crystal struggles from mental illness, anxiety and isolation due to the adversity she has experienced throughout her life.\u00a0 After maintaining her therapy appointments, she discovered she was more than capable of being a cashier, and found the perfect spot at the Red Mile as a Cage Cashier. 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