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Elwyn California to Accept E-Waste

Wondering what to do with that old television or broken computer? Beginning December 9, 2011, Elwyn California will accept donations of e-waste including: computer monitors, computer towers, televisions, radios, cell phones, printers, fax machines, copiers, and other electronic devices. We have partnered with ECS Refining to collect e-waste and recycle it to create work and wages for program participants and revenue to help fill the gap between state funding and the actual costs of providing services. Donations from individuals and businesses are welcome. Donations from individuals may be brought to Elwyn California; businesses with many items to donate can call us to arrange collection of the e-waste from their location; and we will also be scheduling weekend collection events at Elwyn California and other community locations. Your donations will protect the environment and help Elwyn California!
 


Iliana Arias, Federal Champion For Elwyn California and the ACE Mailroom Contract
By David Myles and Seymon White (Elwyn team)
 
Elwyn employees and clients located at the US Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) site are delighted to have Iliana Arias as a Management Analyst for the USACE/ Mail room. She is a highly intelligent individual who knows how to interact and respect all people with various challenges, mentally and physically.

Iliana is a dedicated person who fulfills the team’s needs and concerns dealing with USACE mail operations. She manages to take charge of any given situation and solves issues right away. If there is an issue that involves an Army Corps employee, she takes charge of the situation and resolves as necessary. Her zero tolerance attitudes allow her to get things done efficiently and in a timely manner. For example, when the mail room was dead dry of nearly all of the necessary supplies to function a few years ago, she made it a point to find a proper channel within the USACE to order our mail supplies when previous attempts failed. Before Iliana arrived, supplies were long-awaited and stagnant.

Every other morning, Iliana comes into the mail room to give the Elwyn team current updates with the USACE operations and to see how mail room operations are doing.

Iliana is tasked with many duties outside of the mailroom such as:  records manager duties; ensuring other offices follow records management guidelines;  misc. communications & training;  maintains and updates the District correspondence manual; responsible for all District Official Correspondence; inventories all records/boxes and maintains a current database in current Corps software; forms Management; Publications Management; and handling Army records Information Systems (ARIMS); and last but not least, assists other ACE-IT sites.

Iliana deserves this recognition and honor from Elwyn California, and the ACE team and everyone at Elwyn, is grateful for such a terrific Champion.
 


 

Elwyn California Receives Three Year CARF Accreditation
According to the award letter received from CARF "This achievement is an indication of your organization's dedication and commitment to improving the quality of the lives of the persons served. Services, personnel, and documentation clearly indicate an established pattern of practice excellence." Link to the entire letter

 


 

Rally for a Just Budget

On February 22, 2011 Elwyn California programs participants and staff attended the “Rally for a Just Budget” at the Huntington Beach Pier to call attention to the devastating effect funding cuts proposed in the 2011-2012 California State Budget will have on the daily lives of people with developmental disabilities.

The rally attracted more than 2,000 participants including consumers, direct care support staff, family members, care providers, transportation providers! Carrying signs, chanting “no more cuts”, and speeches attracted the attention of people driving along Pacific Coast Highway, pier visitors, and merchants from the downtown Huntington Beach area.

The rally was well attended and went great, but mostly it was inspirational to see our consumers advocate for themselves and take ownership of this grassroots event. Their collective voice is louder than ever as rallies continue to take place around the state; as letters & calls flood the senate and assembly committees working on the budget issues; and thousands flooded the hearings at the Capital in Sacramento. The proposed $553 million in cuts has been reduced to $150 million! More work is needed as this action must also pass the full legislature and the Governor, who has line item veto authority. But it is a great start and we will all continue to work together to see this through!

The Orange County Register covered the event. See their coverage here

 
Video from Orange County Register












 

Winter 2011 Newsletter is now available
 


 

Rockin' Baja Fundraiser to benefit Elwyn California. Present this flyer on May 8th & May 10th at Rockin' Baja in Huntington Beach and 15% of all proceeds will be donated to Elwyn California.
 


 

Elwyn California in the news!


Huntington Beach Independent article

David Kurrasch, left, visits Robert Christensen, as they examine a Monkey Hook, one of the products Christensen packages at Elwyn, a non-profit organization that employs developmentally disabled individuals. (DON LEACH / November 17, 2010)
 


Measuring What Matters, Elwyn California's Annual Report
Measuring What Matters. That is our focus. Despite the challenging economic environment we continue to work diligently to fulfill our mission. What are the things that matter? Please read the 2009-2010 Annual Report to find out!


 

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