***Please do not respond directly to this email. Thank you.**** Hello Everyone, October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. This year's theme is "Americans with Disabilities: Ready for the Global Workforce." (For more information see http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/odep/odep20060804.htm ) National Disability Mentoring Day is part of this month's efforts to highlight employment. Please consider participating in Vermont's Disability Mentoring Day planning activities for your area. It is a terrific opportunity to develop new relationships with employers and to help individuals learn more about their areas of interest. Such efforts in the past have resulted in jobs for people. See information from Bryan Dague below for the upcoming meeting on June 22, 2006. Thanks, Laura ~~~~~ Laura Flint Dartmouth Evidence-Based Practices Center (802) 652-2028 (802) 652-2005 (fax) [log in to unmask] Mailing Address: Department of Health, Division of Mental Health 108 Cherry Street P.O. Box 70 Burlington, VT 05402-0070 --- Forwarded message from Bryan Dague --- >Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 11:19:40 -0400 Hello, It's time to start our planning for Vermont Disability Mentoring Day 2006! This year the "official" date is October 18, 2006. Here is the link to our web site: http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/programs/vtapse/dmd/index.html We'll need to update this. We will have our first steering committee meeting on: Thursday June 22, 2006 10:00-12:00 Waterbury (location to be determined) Please let us know if you will be attending. Spread the word, all are welcome! Bryan Dague Dale Hindmarsh -- Bryan Dague University of Vermont Center on Disability & Community Inclusion Mann Hall, 3rd Floor 208 Colchester Ave. Burlington, VT 05405-1757 Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: (802) 656-1345 Fax: (802) 656-1357 TTY: (802) 656-8499 Website: http://www.uvm.edu/~cdci/