#TBT - throwing it back to October 2019 when our Ignite Norwood Park crew was seeing stars at The Adler Planetarium! 🌟🌠🌎🔭
#stargazing #Planetarium #LookUp #StarStuff
Our Zoom book club 📚 is reading Little House on the Prairie ❤️ Phillip is clearly enjoying the read!
#reading #readingisFun #ReadingisLife #bookclub #bookChat
We're excited to announce that our store, Planet Access, will now be open 7 days a week! Stop by and shop women's, men's, home goods and more. Your purchases at the store benefit our programs and services for individuals with disabilities! ♥️
👉 NEW HOURS:
⏰ Mon-Fri: 11-6 PM
Sat-Sun: 10-5 PM
#shoplincolnsquare #shopLocal #ShopForGood #ShopForACause #ShopSmall
Who's ready for Halloween 🎃? The Kenilworth squad sure is! 👻
#PictureforaMonday #halloween #HalloweenVibes #HalloweenFun #Halloween2020
Melissa Blake is a freelance writer and disability activist who lives in DeKalb.
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At 39, Disability Activist Modeling In Her First Show — At New York Fashion Week
Highland House Burning Bright ♥️🙏🕯️
#DSPRW2020 #burningbrightforsearchdsps #SearchStrong
Happy Monday! 🎉 We’re strting off our week with Mark, Thomas, Jarret and Matthew from Austin 🏡! Here they are showing off their spook-tacular handmade seasonal bling! 🕷️🕸️🎃🧟👀😱 Have a great week everyone!
#Halloween #HalloweenFun #October2020 #ArtsAndCrafts #Spooky
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM)! Each October, NDEAM celebrates workers with disabilities and employers who are smashing stereotypes about the abilities of and the misconceptions of hiring and retaining people with disabilities. In honor of the occasion we’re re-sharing this from June 2019:
Search’s JJ’s List social enterprise and No Boundaries program interface with Search’s Career Services team quite regularly. Check out their Q&A with our small, but mighty, Career Services team!
#NDEAM2020 #inclusion #inclusionWorks #disabilityEmployment #disabilityawareness
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Q&A with Search’s Community Employment Team
In this month’s update, we’re highlighting some of the creative ways we’ve adapted so that the individuals we serve continue to have opportunities to live up to their full potential despite all of the uncertainty and challenges thrown their way. Check out this month's updates and news below:
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October Updates and News ❤️
We have a birthday shout-out doubleheader ✌️this week 🎈🥳🎉 Happiest of birthdays to Georgette and Mimi! The world is a better place with you two in it! 🎂♥️👐
#Birthday #Celebrate #BirthdayGirls #Party #BirthdayCelebration #BestThingFriday
We had our first socially distanced gathering between two houses the other day. GIANT Jenga was a big hit! 🍁🍂 ♥️
#Jenga #GiantJenga #BackyardFun #Masks #SocialDistancing #Togetherness
Next Tuesday is election day ☑️🗳️have you voted? Maria and Katie have! 🇺🇸
#Election2020 #Vote #DisabilityVote #DisabilityVisibility
We ♥️ Halloween 🎃! Here are some pics from last Friday's Halloween Decoration Challenge. Strong diorama work 👏👍
#HalloweenFun #HalloweenWeek #HalloweenDecorations
As we look to reopen our institutions and businesses in the future, will we reopen them in a way that makes them more inclusive or go back to business as usual?
#Inclusivedesign #UniversalDesign #inclusive #accessibility #change
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How embracing universal design could make the world better after COVID-19
We ♥️ this.
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This org makes live music accessible to children on the spectrum and encourages them to participate, too 🎵
LeShawn is closing out our week!Here he is decorating his pumpkin. We ♥️ his glitter monster theme ✨🎃🙌🙌
#Pumpkin #HalloweenFun #Glitter #PumpkinCarving #BestThingFriday #FridayMood
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! In honor of the occasion we're spotlighting Laura, a participant in Search’s Career Services Community Employment program. Laura recently got a new job at Home Depot! Read here Q&A below:
#NDEAM #NDEAM2020 #DisabilityEmployment #DisabilityAwareness
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Employment Spotlight: Laura
This giving season your gift means more than ever! Now until #GivingTuesday give safety, friendship, employment, love, connection, and most important of all, give hope to the over 350 individuals served by Search! From Nov 1 – Dec 1, any online gift of $200 or more will be matched by a $200 gift from the Coleman Foundation. Our goal is to raise $20,000 by midnight on Dec 1. Your donation, in any amount, will help us reach our goal!
Give today here: bit.ly/SearchGivingTues2020
#GivingTuesday2020 #SearchStrong #GiveHope
Good Monday morning 🌞 Shout out to the adventurous ladies of Lorel 🏡 Here they are on a visit to the Home Alone house. Did you know it's in Winnetka, IL?
#HomeAlone #SearchStrong #WhereYourMask
Meet Danielle and Jimmy, or #GivingTuesday202 ambassadors and Search's resident power couple! The care and sweetness they show towards each other during this difficult time truly inspires and shines a light on the resilience of our entire Search family. 😷♥️🙏
#SearchStrong #TogetherApart #LoveTrumpsCovid
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Q & A with Jimmy and Danielle: Our Search #GivingTuesday Ambassadors
Get the latest Search Inc. updates and news - in our Thanksgiving edition, a message of appreciation from our CEO, Cory Gumm, Holiday Happenings and the details on our Visibility Arts Virtual Holiday Market in December and more! ❤
#SearchStrong #GivingTuesday #NewsAndUpdates
November Updates and News ❤️
Happy Friday! 🌞 The gentleman of Lawrence 🏡 are sending us off this week with a little Fall fun. Here are Robert, Sean, Larry and Alex assembling their DIY bird feeders. As you can see, the 🐦 🐦🐦 in their neighborhood won't be going hungry! 🙏♥️
#BestThingFriday #DIY #FeedTheBirds #SearchStrong
Exciting news! With 11 days remaining until #GivingTuesday on Dec 1, we’ve reached 👉 31% of our goal! Can you help us get the rest of the way there? Help us raise $20,000 by midnight on December 1: #GivingTuesday! Your gift, of any amount, will help us reach our goal. This Giving Season: Give Back. ❤Give Double.❤ Give to Search at search-inc.org
#GivingTuesday2020 #GiveBack #DoubleYourImpact #SearchStrong #ThankfulThursday
Keeler South 🏡 enjoyed a classic Super Bowl watch party experience last night as you can tell by our snack lineup 😋🥨🏈 Who watched?
#SuperBowl2021 #GameFood #Football #SearchStrong
Building a new vision for mental health means letting Black people decide how they want their minds and bodies to be treated.
#BlackVoices #BlackHistoryMonth
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'Cards Against Humanity' Writer Was Sent to Psych Ward After Speaking Up About Racism
Here at Search, we kicked off the New Year on a hopeful note. We’ve been able to step back from live-in staffing models at the 17 homes that were hunkered down since November as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19.
Most important of all, we’ve been making excellent progress on accessing COVID-19 vaccinations for our staff members and the people we serve.
Click below to read our latest news and update:
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February Updates & News from Search ❤️
We are excited to share that Lanni and 78 other Search residents were vaccinated on Wednesday at a vaccination clinic hosted by the Village of Skokie. We anticipate additional clinics opening up for the individuals we serve in the coming weeks. 💉🩹❤️
#Covid19 #Vaccination #ThisIsOurShot #SearchStrong Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities
Who's going to be watching Super Bowl LV this Sunday? 🏈🎉 Curtis is definitely tuning in 📺👀
#SuperBowl2021 #FootBall #SearchStrong
Concord 🏡 has found new life in collaging. This is Carole showing off her latest project. 📢 Special shout out to staff member Gina for her advocacy and support 🙏❤️
#collage #CallageIsLife #SearchStrong