Winter Edition December 2014
Dale Rogers Training CenterDale Rogers Training CenterQUARTERLY
Giving ThanksFor Your Support
Director’s Letter .....................2 Hirst Awards (ORA) ............ 3 Holiday Card Winners ......... 3
Day of Caring ...................... 3 Happy Holidays ................... 4 DDS Survey ....................... 5
Oklahoman Article .............. 5 Papa Murphy’s & Wyman .... 6 Gift Shop & Prism Place ..... 7
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DALE ROGERS TRAINING CENTER
Cheryl Moore DRTC Board President
Connie Thrash McGoodwin, M. Ed, Executive Director
Michael T. Jones PR Manager, Staff Writer
Gayle L. Curry, Graphic & Media
Coordinator, Publisher
Brian Landreth PR Assistant
Graphic Designer
Connie Thrash McGoodwin, M. Ed. Those “Feelings” Never Really Leave
GRATEFULNESS I’ve been a CEO in Texas and Oklahoma for around 35 years. I have never lost that feeling of gratitude, of being part of something bigger than myself, of being one of those lucky ones who wound up in a vocation they were actually good at and love being a part of.
Conversely, I also never completely let go of that feeling that something terrible could go wrong – someone getting injured, a tornado, a major funding cut, or someone choking on a kumquat, anything that might tarnish the agency’s amazing reputation and credibility that it has earned over the last 60 years.
I could fill 50 single spaced pages with the names of people or companies
whose advocacy and support DRTC is eternally grateful for.
FLYING ABOVE THE RADAR Our days of flying below the radar are long gone. I keep telling my Board of Directors that the numbers are against us. When I started here, there were maybe 50 teens and adults with disabilities, a small sheltered workshop and 12 employees that wished I’d go back to Texas. I’m an ESTJ on the Myer’s-Briggs Personality Profile in addition; a simplified personality indicator called True Colors tells me my predominant colors are “gold and blue”. Translation: I go by the rules, I treat everyone the same (no favorites) and there are consequences to people who make bad decisions or choose to break rules. I’ll always do what is right for the agency.
The passing time and numbers tell the story. We serve 1,250 folks plus their families; we have 5 in-house businesses and 6 locations. We have federal contracts at Tinker and Altus Air Force Bases, hundreds of employees and are licensed and accredited by over 60 different entities. Someone, somewhere, despite their training and experience will, for whatever reason, have a bad hair day or make a bad decision that will result in a significant negative and public consequence. It is
amazing that it hasn’t happened in the 30 years I’ve been here.
IT’S CALLED LIFELife is about ups and downs and while DRTC has had its downs, we have to be honest- 2014 has been a fabulous year for us! Thanks to our systems driven culture:
Besides basking in the media from our 60th anniversary a year ago, we have:
• Obtained a three year national accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
• Made perfect (as in 100%) scores on Developmental Disability Services and AbilityOne surveys and we rocked our audit again
So while it is great that we can dot all our I’s and cross all our T’s, the more important accomplishments are:
• Our folks with disabilities earning 5.5 million in wages
• Placing 163 people with disabilities in community jobs
• Unique new training and working opportunities in framing, trophy making, fast food (pizza)
Last but not least is the LAUGHING, DANCING and PRIDE you see every day at DRTC.
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year!(Remember Robin’s Corner Gift Shop www.drtc.org )
From the Director
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Those “Feelings” Never Really Leave
Services and AbilityOne surveys Services and AbilityOne surveys and we rocked our audit
can dot all our I’s and cross all our T’s, the more important
Services and AbilityOne surveys
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Theresa Flannery presents the framed Holiday Cards to Crystal & Bruce.
Hirst Awards OKLAHOMA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION HIRST AWARDS BANQUET
“SHOP FOR A CAUSE! SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES!”
We have a holiday card contest for DRTC folks to submit their art for the new card design every year. Well this year we had so many great drawings it was just plain hard to pick one; so we picked two! The winning art was framed by Wyman Frame as a thank you for their creativity and a Prism Place plaque was hung in their workplace. Congratulations to holiday artists Bruce (Turtle) and Crystal (Snowman) for being our winners!
The following individuals were recently honored at the Oklahoma Restaurant Association Hirst Awards banquet for superior years of service to the Oklahoma food industry. Gayle McGuire, Mike Hulsey, Nancy Killmeyer and Michael Jones attended the event representing Dale Rogers Training Center.
LARRY UMIPIG, 31CONNIE WILSON, 30LINDA DAMRON, 28ANGIE GRONLUND, 26ANNIE WHITEMAN, 22GAYLA SIMPSON, 22
DEREK BURTON, 22HESAM RASSOLZADEH, 22PAUL MCCALIP, 21DEBI BRUCE, 21DANIEL HARTSBURG, 20MERWYN DINWIDDIE, 16EDDIE SWIES, 15BRIAN MUZNY, 15
LEWIS McDONALD, 18MIKE HOLT, 19CAROYN RUBLE , 19SHANNON JOLIN, 21CHRIS SCOTT, 21NOELLE LANCASTER, 23SHIRLEY DURROUGH, 38
2014 Holiday Card Contest
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Hirst Awards Thank You!
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Thankful For 61 Years
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Dale Rogers Training Center remembers famous namesake and her daughter with Oklahoma City museum exhibit by Brandy McDonnell Published: October 5, 2014
DDS Survey
The Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services conducted its annual
survey of the services funded at Dale Rogers Training Center (DRTC),
including Vocational Services,
Special Needs; Mobile Workforce and
Community Integrated Employment. After
evaluating 114 conditions, DRTC passed with 100%.
Pelco Products WHAT DO PRISM PLACE & PELCO PRODUCTS INC. HAVE IN COMMON? Dale Rogers Training Center! Pelco is a business partner that hires people with disabilities and we wanted to thank them with this Prism Place award of their mascot Phil the Pelican! It has all the signatures of the Mobile Workforce team on it. Prism Place is a subsidiary of DRTC that creates stunning awards and trophies and also employs people with disabilities!
Flanked by fancy figurines, a shiny lunch box and a harmonica still in its colorful packaging, the tiny red piano with its worn keys and scratched paint is clearly both passionately used and lovingly preserved.In 1953, famed Western entertainer Dale Evans Rogers published the memoir “Angel Unaware: A Touching Story of Love and Loss,” in memory of Robin, her daughter
with fellow star Roy Rogers. Robin, who died just shy of her second birthday from complications of the mumps, had Down syndrome. The red piano was Robin Rogers’ favorite toy, a fitting choice for the daughter of “The King of the Cowboys” and “The Queen of the West.” Now, it is arranged behind glass along with a toy record player, a soft white blanket and portraits of a little girl who will forever be 2 years old but still managed to make a big difference.“Dale Evans Rogers really credited Robin with making their family closer,” said Connie Thrash
McGoodwin, longtime executive director of the Dale Rogers Training Center.
SurveyThe Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services conducted its annual
survey of the services funded at Dale Rogers Training Center (DRTC),
including Vocational Services,
Special Needs; Mobile Workforce and
Community Integrated Employment. After
evaluating 114 conditions, DRTC passed with 100%.
Dale Rogers Training Center! Pelco is a business partner that
and we wanted to thank them with this Prism Place award of their mascot Phil the Pelican! It has all the signatures of the Mobile
Place is a subsidiary of DRTC that creates stunning awards and trophies and also employs people
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Pizza for a Cause! PAPA MURPHY’S SCHMOOZA
PALOOZA AT OKLAHOMA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Frames for a Cause! WYMAN FRAME OPEN RANGE ROUND-UP
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Mike Jones, PR Manager wears the Papa Murphy’s costume.
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Mike Jones, PR Manager wears the Papa Murphy’s costume.
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provides work for people with disabilities.
Keep it Local & Frame for a Cause!
www.wymanframe.com
OWNED AND OPERATED BY:Dale Rogers Training Center2501 N. Utah*OKC, OK 73107
405-437-5659
PHONE AHEAD: (405) 601-68692220 NW 23RD ST
Across from Walmart - East of Firestone
* “Every purchase made at this Papa Murphy’s location directly supports efforts to find employment opportunities for people with disabilities in your community.”
NOW YOU CAN BE GLUTEN
FREE!Order Your Favorite
Medium-Sized Pizza with a Gluten Free Udi’s® Pizza Crust!
Enjoy Pizza For A Cause!*
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Gifts for a Cause! ROBIN’S CORNER GIFT SHOP
Awards for a Cause! PRISM PLACE TROPHIES & AWARDS
GIFT SHOPGIFT SHOP
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A DIVISION OF
Dale Rogers Training Center2501 N. Utah * OKC, OK 73107
405-946-1079
Awards for a
Cause
Custom Acrylic Designs for any Award or Trophy10,000 lbs. of Acrylic
Processed YearlyHand Sanded, Buffed
& Polished Acrylic One-Stop Awards
Manufacturer Providing Employment for People with Disabilities
through DRTC, Since 1953
OWNED AND OPERATED BY:Dale Rogers Training Center2501 N. Utah*OKC, OK 73107405-813-9998 * www.DRTC.org
OPEN MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM CLOSED MAJOR HOLIDAYS
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Blazing TrailsPromoting Abilities
Our MissionTo provide training and
employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
Veterans THEIR SACRIFICE - PROVIDES - OUR OPPORTUNITIES!
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