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Talk-Line: Sue Ely previewing the upcoming “Holiday Appeal” · WIXN AM 1460 - Shaw Local Radio

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  Speaker 1: Are a quarter past the hour. This is Tuesday, It's
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  Speaker 1: October fourteen, the year is twenty twenty five, and it's
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  Speaker 1: time for another informational edition of Talkline here at your
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  Speaker 1: source in the Sauk Valley WIX. Good morning, I'm Steve Macco.
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  Speaker 1: It is time for our monthly look at news and
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  Speaker 1: information from Crider Services. Monthly we get the update from
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  Speaker 1: Crider Services offices located in Dixon, but Crider Services spread
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  Speaker 1: throughout Northern Illinois, taking care of business throughout northern Illinois.
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  Speaker 1: But we like to talk about the special information with
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  Speaker 1: Crider Services. We all know about their great services, but
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  Speaker 1: we like to talk about special activities going on in
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  Speaker 1: the Crider scene. And here to deliver our report for
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  Speaker 1: today is our administrative manager of Crider Services. She has
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  Speaker 1: lied with us by telephone this morning. She is Sue
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  Speaker 1: Eeley and she joins us today here at wixent.
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  Speaker 2: Sue, good morning, Good morning, Steve.
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  Speaker 1: Nice to have you with us, ma'am, thanks for joining us,
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  Speaker 1: and Sue, you have brought along a special guest. I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to have you Introducer upfront right away, even though
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  Speaker 1: we're going to kind of save our information for our
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  Speaker 1: Crider talk line today, but please introduce our special guest.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, we have a special guest today.
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  Speaker 3: Her name is Brandy and she runs our community service
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  Speaker 3: assistant manager for our Thrive program. This month is our
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  Speaker 3: eightieth anniversary of Illinois of the National Disability Employment Awareness Months.
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  Speaker 3: So she's going to discuss a lot of things that
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  Speaker 3: goes on in her department. And it's a great opportunity
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  Speaker 3: for businesses to take advantage of this, and we have
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  Speaker 3: a lot of them out there working. So it's a
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  Speaker 3: lot of our individuals are out there independently working for
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  Speaker 3: some of these different businesses.
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  Speaker 2: In the area.
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  Speaker 1: Wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, she's going to discuss that.
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  Speaker 1: Wonderful. We're going to talk to Brandy in just a
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  Speaker 1: bit here on Wix, but to take off into our
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  Speaker 1: talk line today. So we wanted to talk about the
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  Speaker 1: activities coming our way, and I knew they were going
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  Speaker 1: to be coming, the activities coming our way for the holidays.
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  Speaker 1: This is October the fourteenth, and this is usually the time, Sue,
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  Speaker 1: that we take the wraps off of our annual Kriid
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  Speaker 1: holiday information, and Sue, you have some of that information
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  Speaker 1: for us this morning, I do.
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  Speaker 3: We will be starting our holiday appeal which is our
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  Speaker 3: largest fundraiser that we do here at Kriiter and it
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  Speaker 3: will be beginning the day after Thanksgiving and run all
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  Speaker 3: the way through February. And we are so fortunate to
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  Speaker 3: have a secret fanna that.
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  Speaker 2: Matches dollar to dollar for us. So we're real.
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  Speaker 3: Excited about this coming up. And like I said, it's
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  Speaker 3: our biggest fundraiser and it is just a great, great
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to give to a good organization like Kriid.
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  Speaker 1: It seems like just yesterday's we were putting the wraps
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  Speaker 1: on the twenty twenty four to twenty twenty five Holiday
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  Speaker 1: Appeal program. It just seems like yesterday we were talking
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  Speaker 1: about this. But here it is. We're into October and
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  Speaker 1: we're headed down the home stretch of twenty twenty five
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  Speaker 1: and here comes the Crider Holiday Appeal. It will be
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  Speaker 1: starting in November. As Sue mentioned, the holiday Appeal program
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  Speaker 1: will be available. I'm sure that things will kind of
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  Speaker 1: blossom over Facebook, websites, things like that, right Sue, as
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  Speaker 1: we get started here, is that right? Correct? Okay, all right,
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  Speaker 1: all right, so we'll we'll look for that information to
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  Speaker 1: kind of yeah, as it usually does. It usually takes
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  Speaker 1: over the Kreider website and he usually you know on
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  Speaker 1: the on Facebook opportunities for giving to the CRED cause.
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  Speaker 1: This is what it's all about. Sue mentioned it it's
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  Speaker 1: the biggest fundraiser of the Crider year. There are a
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  Speaker 1: lot of fundraisers that Criter holds, but this is the
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  Speaker 1: big one coming up as we wrap up twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: five move into twenty twenty six. Asu mentioned it will
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  Speaker 1: run during the first couple of months of twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: six as well. This is the format for the Crider
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  Speaker 1: Holiday Appeal, Sue. Will we be seeing the Creiter bulbs
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  Speaker 1: lit on the tree then downtown?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, okay, yes, yeah, we're excited about that, and we
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  Speaker 3: want to thank our maintenance department for putting that together
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  Speaker 3: for us. It's not easy to put a tree in
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  Speaker 3: the ground, so you want to thank them for that.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, And that'll be located at the corner of Galina
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  Speaker 1: and uh second, Gleenan first, I'm sure Gleenan River, Galena
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  Speaker 1: and River in downtown Right there at the corner of
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  Speaker 1: Galenan River in downtown Dixon, that's where the CRED Holiday
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  Speaker 1: Tree will be located and with donations made, bulbs will
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  Speaker 1: be lit and that's the whole point of the holiday appeal.
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  Speaker 1: We want to make the tree brighter than ever with
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  Speaker 1: your donations to the Crider cause, and with donations, bulbs
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  Speaker 1: are lit and again the tree gets brighter as we
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  Speaker 1: move through the holidays. That's what it's all about. It
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  Speaker 1: is the cred Services Holiday Appeal program, as Sue mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: starts in November. Uh, just getting started obviously, preliminary activities underway,
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  Speaker 1: but as Sue mentioned, it's pretty much the same format
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  Speaker 1: as last season. So that's what we'll be looking forward to.
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  Speaker 1: The Crider Holiday Appeals starting very shortly here in our
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  Speaker 1: local Dixon areas. Soho eally is our guest, the administrative
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  Speaker 1: manager of Crider Services. Soue. We're going to hand the
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  Speaker 1: baton over now to Brandy. And Brandy are you there?
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  Speaker 1: I am, good, good morning, welcome to our program. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: for joining us today.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Thank you for taking time for me today.
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  Speaker 1: Well I go ahead, go ahead.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I was just going to say I'm with Creider's
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  Speaker 4: Story program and I just wanted to talk a little
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  Speaker 4: bit about that this morning.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, that's what we want to do. We want to
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  Speaker 1: talk about your area of work with Crider's Services and
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  Speaker 1: get the word out about this month of October, because
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  Speaker 1: this month of October is a very important month as
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  Speaker 1: far as your area is concerned. Before we get to
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  Speaker 1: that information, let's talk about you. Brandy. You know how
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  Speaker 1: long have you been with Krider?
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  Speaker 2: So I'm working on my twenty and here with Crider.
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  Speaker 1: Actually twenty twenty. Did you say twenty twenty twenty? Wow, congratulates.
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  Speaker 1: That's terrific. That's terrific. Two decades with Crider, that's marvelous.
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  Speaker 1: Now you said again, Brandy, that you were involved in
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  Speaker 1: the Pride Area Pride program. Is that what you called it?
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  Speaker 1: Is that right?
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  Speaker 2: It's the Thrive Ry.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sorry, Thrive Okay, to Thrive Okay, very good. The
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  Speaker 1: Thrive program at Crider Services. Talk about the you know
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  Speaker 1: your your your work with this program. Talk about your
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  Speaker 1: duties now.
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  Speaker 4: So, we work with people who are referred to us
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  Speaker 4: throughout Dixon and surrounding areas. We spend a lot of
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  Speaker 4: time with them, learning their life and their skill sets.
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  Speaker 4: We do things like volunteering, job shadows and work trials.
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  Speaker 2: We also prepare for.
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  Speaker 4: Interviews and build resumes and work on any other skills
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  Speaker 4: that might need perfected.
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  Speaker 2: While doing this.
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  Speaker 4: The U Employment Specialists are then out working with different
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  Speaker 4: employers in the community to get to know them and
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  Speaker 4: what their business needs are and what they like foreign
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  Speaker 4: good employees. We try to match the individual's skill set
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  Speaker 4: with the employer who would benefit from having them, and
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  Speaker 4: then after a person would get a job we make
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  Speaker 4: a good match, we start what we call job coaching.
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  Speaker 4: This means that we help individuals learn their job, understand policies,
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  Speaker 4: we create task lists or routines or anything they might
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  Speaker 4: need help with. We also help the employer with understanding
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  Speaker 4: how the person learns, and we are the go to
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  Speaker 4: person in case something comes up. We all we stay
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  Speaker 4: as long as we're needed in the beginning, and then
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  Speaker 4: we check in throughout the length of their career.
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  Speaker 1: That's great this and I gotta believe and Sue, you'll
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  Speaker 1: probably agree with it. I hope you'll agree with me
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  Speaker 1: on this is This is one of the main missions
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  Speaker 1: of CRIDER. Right, This is this is really one of
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  Speaker 1: the main missions of criter is to get those individuals
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  Speaker 1: out and back into a normal routine and a workplace
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  Speaker 1: job job that they can handle. I believe right this
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  Speaker 1: is probably one of the main missions that criter has
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  Speaker 1: you know, in getting these individuals back into our flow, correct.
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  Speaker 3: Davr correct on that it's our individuals need to be
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  Speaker 3: out in the community, achieving their achieving their goals and
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  Speaker 3: having them make choices. So we have a couple, a
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  Speaker 3: couple that work all different Ken Nelson has. We have
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  Speaker 3: a gentleman that works there that's been there.
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  Speaker 2: For how many years?
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  Speaker 3: Two years there, it's getting them back out in the community.
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  Speaker 3: We have one that works at McDonald's, Marshalls over and Sterling.
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  Speaker 3: Brandy's don a wonderful job getting there the placement of
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  Speaker 3: our individuals.
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  Speaker 2: Wow, her team is doing a great job with that.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely. This is one of the main areas of criter
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  Speaker 1: that again get those clients back in to as we mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: a better routine, a normal, more normal routine than what
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  Speaker 1: they might have expected, and again get them into the
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  Speaker 1: workflow as well as Sue just mentioned, as Brandy just mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: employers and employees getting together and making it happen. And
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  Speaker 1: that's the important This is the important tie, right Brandy.
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  Speaker 1: I mean this is where you come in. You tie
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  Speaker 1: it together. Correct.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. So I have a team of four employment specialists
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  Speaker 4: in myself and they worked really hard matching with the
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  Speaker 4: skills and the likes and things that the individuals we
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  Speaker 4: work with can do, and we match them with employers
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  Speaker 4: that are good fit both their skills their culture, trying
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  Speaker 4: to make the best match for them so that they
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  Speaker 4: can become long lasting employees.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, well, you've held good exact ten Nelson two years,
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  Speaker 1: two years and still working at ten else. That's wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: And again that's what you want again from these individuals
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  Speaker 1: that are looking for and seeking employment through the THRID
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  Speaker 1: program at Crider Services and Brandy is in charge of
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  Speaker 1: that program with her staff at Crider Services of Dixon. Now,
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  Speaker 1: this is an important month, Brandy, for you, right, this
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  Speaker 1: is this is kind of a spotlight month for you.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us more about this it is.
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  Speaker 4: It is the eightieth anniversary of National Disability Employment Awareness Month.
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  Speaker 4: We Triiter has a month of Facebook posts highlighting different
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  Speaker 4: types of employment that we help people with. So customized
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  Speaker 4: employment supported Employment will highlight some of our employment specialists,
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  Speaker 4: some of the individuals that we have working and talk
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  Speaker 4: a little bit more about them. But it's just important
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  Speaker 4: to get the word out that this is the thing
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  Speaker 4: and that you know, employment specialist throughout not trying to
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  Speaker 4: make sales, but trying to get to know businesses and
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  Speaker 4: what they need and what they look for employees so
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  Speaker 4: we can make a good match.
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  Speaker 1: Now, are our businesses asked to, you know, contact your
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  Speaker 1: area if they're interested in, you know, hiring on from Crider.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, how does this work?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, yeah, that would be great too. But my
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  Speaker 4: employment specialists go out and visit different businesses that we
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  Speaker 4: have individuals that are interested in working or might have
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  Speaker 4: tasks that people.
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  Speaker 2: Are interested in working.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, but I'm always open to phone calls and going
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  Speaker 4: to meet with businesses if they are interested in reaching
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  Speaker 4: out to us first.
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  Speaker 1: I would think that would be a great thing to
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  Speaker 1: have happened. Is I'm not sure how the cooperation with
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  Speaker 1: ken Nelson Marshall's you mentioned. Those businesses are just some
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  Speaker 1: of the businesses, probably not all that have contributed right
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  Speaker 1: to the Crider effort, you know, in getting these people
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  Speaker 1: again employment opportunities. Giving your clients employment opportunities through the
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  Speaker 1: Thrive program takes work from both employers obviously and Thrive
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  Speaker 1: and Prider clients, you know, to get the job done
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  Speaker 1: and to uh to make it all happen. But again
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  Speaker 1: it's always I think it's always the success story when
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  Speaker 1: we hear of all of these individuals working in the
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  Speaker 1: community and uh and and most of them I think
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  Speaker 1: enjoy right to their their efforts that they put forth,
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  Speaker 1: correct very.
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  Speaker 4: Much though, they're very proud of the accomplishments that they make.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And in all all employment you know areas, right,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you have a car dealership, you have, you
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  Speaker 1: mentioned marshals, that's a you know, a department store.
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  Speaker 4: You know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm sure there are other areas, right, uh, that you
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  Speaker 1: specialize in looking for work, correct, Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 4: So we work with people in restaurants and bakeries and
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  Speaker 4: gas stations and yeah, a little bit all over the place.
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  Speaker 4: It just depends on what they what the person's interested
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  Speaker 4: in doing and with the skill set that they have.
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  Speaker 4: All just really depends on where we go to look
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  Speaker 4: for employment.
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  Speaker 1: And and you take hold of these client uh, these
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  Speaker 1: these employment opportunities and and and put them together you
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  Speaker 1: make it work through the Thrive program at Crider Services.
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  Speaker 1: That's wonderful. I think it's a great, great thing and
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  Speaker 1: uh I hope that to uh see it continue uh
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  Speaker 1: flourishing throughout our Northern Illinois, especially with the holidays going,
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  Speaker 1: I would I would have to believe that, you know,
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  Speaker 1: probably busier during the holidays.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yes, for sure.
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  Speaker 4: And you know in July, I think is when it's
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  Speaker 4: probably the most busiest. And we get our referrals from
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  Speaker 4: department and rehab services, so we can work with new
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  Speaker 4: people every year, and that's the time that we get
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  Speaker 4: to know them and we're reaching out to businesses that
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  Speaker 4: they're interested in. So I feel like all year round
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  Speaker 4: is pretty busy for us actually, all right.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and like you said, it sounds like your staff
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  Speaker 1: is on the go all the time, you know, visiting
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  Speaker 1: with employee yours, you know, in various areas. So you
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  Speaker 1: make the trips out, you make the pitch and hopefully
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  Speaker 1: the employers are able to respond then right with employment
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  Speaker 1: opportunities then yeah, well that's as simple as that. And
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  Speaker 1: it's working for Crider and for the Thrive program at
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  Speaker 1: Crider Services. It's a great programs, Brandy. We hope it
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  Speaker 1: continues with the success it's had. And well, congratulations on
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  Speaker 1: putting in the over twenty years with Crider. That's wonderful
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  Speaker 1: hearing about that this morning here at wy Axent. We
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  Speaker 1: thank you so very much for joining us Brandy, and
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  Speaker 1: appreciate your time and good luck with the program, and
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  Speaker 1: you know, thanks for telling us all about it today
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  Speaker 1: here at Wycent.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you so very much for taking the time.
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  Speaker 4: Sue.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to let you go as well. We appreciate
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  Speaker 1: your visit here with us here here at Wixent. Kind
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  Speaker 1: of bittersweet between you and I, Sue. This will be
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  Speaker 1: our last update together, but we're hoping that we continue
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  Speaker 1: our Crider information coming our way in years ahead. But
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  Speaker 1: we'll be kind of parting ways. I guess at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the month because of me. It's my fault.
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  Speaker 3: Well, we appreciate you, Steve and everything you've done for us,
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  Speaker 3: because it's been nothing but a pleasure. It's on Tuesday
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  Speaker 3: morning talking with you your support for Crider. It means
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  Speaker 3: a lot to us, to our agency. So we appreciate
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  Speaker 3: you and we wish you good luck and hope happy retirement.
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  Speaker 1: Well, thank you for the kind words, Sue. Just want
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  Speaker 1: to reiterate Crider Services. Dot org is the website address.
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  Speaker 1: You can call the Crider offices at eight one five
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  Speaker 1: two eight eight sixty six nine one if you'd like
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  Speaker 1: more information. I'm sure if you want more information about
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  Speaker 1: this program that Brandy talked about. I'm sure that somebody
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  Speaker 1: along the Crowder lines would be able to help you
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  Speaker 1: there at eight one five two eight eight sixty six
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  Speaker 1: nine one, or visit the Crowder offices located just off
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  Speaker 1: of Route thirty eight Franklin Grove Road on Anchor Road
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  Speaker 1: here in Dixon. That's where the main offices are located
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  Speaker 1: for Crider Services. Sue, Brandy, we thank you so very
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  Speaker 1: much for joining us today and we'll hopefully see you
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  Speaker 1: down the line.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, Steven, good luck to you.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you, Sue. That's our cry to report for today
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  Speaker 1: here at FM ninety five one am fourteen sixty wy
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