Irish Fest 2013

Sunday March 10th, Avenues celebrated St. Patrick's Day and Irish culture at The Cotillion Banquets in Palatine. Avenues clients and supporters gathered to enjoy corned beef and cabbage while harpist Marysue Redmann played soothing Irish songs. Everyone enjoyed hearing traditional Irish as sung by the Irish Heritage Singers and the Irish Music School of Chicago. We were also impressed by the Irish dance routines preformed by the Weber Dance Company. Many of our guests had the luck of the Irish and won great prizes in our raffle and silent auction. 

Thank you to all who came to this great event to support Avenues! Scroll down to see some great pictures from the event. Sláinte!

 

20 Years and Counting

Can you remember back to 1992?  When a gallon of gas cost $1.05, “End of the Road” by Boys II Men was number 1 on the billboard top 100 and Murphy Brown and Rosanne were among the most popular television shows.  Most importantly though, 1992 marked the year that Cindy was hired for the first time at Dominick’s grocery store.  More than 20 years later, Cindy continues to work at Dominick’s and is very proud of her success. 

 

Cindy ready for work back in 1993

 

Bagging groceries, putting items back on the shelves, collecting carts within the store and conducting price checks are among her responsibilities.  Cindy has loved working at Dominick’s for the past 20 years and plans to continue working there until she is ready to retire.  She likes that her supervisors count on her and said that working at Dominick’s, “makes me feel important.”

Cindy ready for work today

When Cindy’s not working, she likes spending time with her family and playing basketball.  Cindy’s basketball team, The Wildcats, just won first place. 

 Cindy with her family at this year's Love Affair

 

  

 Cindy playing basketball with the Wildcats back in 1998

 

In a time when unemployment rates are skyrocketing for people with disabilities, we are all very proud of Cindy’s amazing accomplishment.  Congratulations Cindy and here’s to 20 more years!