Press Releases

BY YEAR : 2007 | 2008 | 2009

• 12/08/2008
  Ability Beyond Disability meets challenges head on
• 10/26/2008
  Sodexo Honored by Ability Beyond Disability
• 10/25/2008
  Elaine Cox named Philanthropist of the Year by Ability Beyond Disability
• 10/24/2008
  Pepsi Bottling Group honored by Ability Beyond Disability
• 10/21/2008
  Changing Lives for 55 Years
• 10/20/2008
  Disability Mentoring Day a huge success!
• 10/17/2008
  2nd Annual Career Development Consumer & Employer Breakfast
• 10/01/2008
  Fall Fund Fest has arrived!
• 09/30/2008
  Local businesses help pave the way for students with disabilities
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Sodexo Honored by Ability Beyond Disability

Jobs for individuals with disabilities proves diversity is high on priority list

BETHEL, Conn., October 28, 2008 - Ability Beyond Disability honored Sodexo at the agency's Celebration of Ability event, with its Outstanding Employer Award. Considerations for the award include the number of Ability Beyond Disability consumers employed, length of employment, special accommodations and integration into work culture and environment.

Sodexo has been nationally recognized as number 12 on the 2008 DiversityInc. top 50 Companies to work for diversity list, and has risen one spot on the list each year for the past three years. This is no surprise to Ability Beyond Disability as Sodexo has been employing consumers of the organization for the past three years at Western Connecticut State University, going out of their way to make sure that each individual is as successful as possible in his or her position.

True to their reputation, the management and kitchen staff at Sodexo that work with Ability Beyond Disability clients spend additional time and resources training individuals to ensure that they are comfortable and thoroughly understand their responsibilities.

"Sodexo's commitment to helping people with disabilities succeed in the workplace is visible in everything they do," said Thomas H. Fanning, President/CEO at Ability Beyond Disability.  "Their staff are patient and willing to make accommodations; they work with each individual and help them achieve their full potential."

Other outstanding community service award recipients were: Outstanding Employer, Pepsi Bottling Group; Outstanding Employee, Jessica Forgione, Diane Strom and Jeff Tomascak; Outstanding Philanthropist, Elain Cox.  The organization also welcomed new Board members: Paul Hamilton or Pepsi Bottling Group to the Board of Directors and John Arcario of Cartus, Greg Moore of Pepsi Bottling Group and Jordan Young of Fairfield Processing to the Board of Trustees.

Ability Beyond Disability is a 501{c} (3) organization headquartered in Bethel, Conn. and Mount Kisco, N.Y. It provides a wide range of services for approximately 1,000 people with a disability that inhibits their activities of daily living -- including numerous residential alternatives, employment training, career counseling, job placement services, cognitive and life skills instruction, clinical and therapeutic support, and volunteer and recreational activities. Today, its services extend far beyond the Danbury community into much of Connecticut and the Hudson Valley, New York. For more information about Ability Beyond Disability go to www.abilitybeyonddisability.org.