Nov 2015 - Diversified Opportunities Inc

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Honey Harvest
Bridgestone Donation
DOI Staff Expands
2014/2015 Contributors
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2015 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Michael Jones (Chairman)
3C Store Fixtures, Inc.
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Ken Powell (Vice-Chairman)
BB&T
Tad Rhodes (Secretary/Treasurer)
Narron & Holdford, PA
Major Scott Biddle (Member-at-Large)
Wilson Police Department
Mason Fellers (Member-at-Large)
Bridgestone
Donald Evans (Past Chairman)
Evans-McTavish-Agricraft, Inc.
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We appreciate the generosity of our community for its ongoing financial support through
contributions! Please consider making your tax deductible donation today.
We are proud to earn 90% of our revenue income through contracts and production work.
Diversified Opportunities, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) organization
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Donation Level
� Platinum ($5,000 & above) __________
� Gold ($2,000-$4,999) __________
� Silver ($500-$1,999) __________
� Bronze ($100-$499) __________
� Friends ($1-$99) __________
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Leslie Atkinson
County Commissioner
Pam Boyette
Boyette Farms
Hadie Horne
Wilson Community College
Ken Jones
Merck (Retired)
Grady M. “Bucky” Robbins
(Retired)
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Diversified Opportunities, Inc.
1010 Herring Avenue • Wilson, NC • 27893
Reginald Speight
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Office of Congressman G. K. Butterfield
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MANAGEMENT
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TEAM
Cindy Harrell - Executive Director
Carlton Goff - Business Manager
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Designation Code:
1108
CARF Accredited
Since 1982
Ericka Simmons - Program Manager
Lynette Wynn - Program Manager
Joni Tyson - Operations Manager
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DOI Holds 40th Annual Open House...
Diversified Opportunities held its 40th
annual open house and awards
banquet this year! Close to 250 people
attended to celebrate another
successful year of service and
dedication to the communities of
Wilson, Wayne and Greene Counties.
The annual luncheon is held to show
appreciation for the people and
organizations who have supported DOI
in its mission to prepare its trainees for
the area workforce. The event is held in
conjunction with October's observance
of National Disability Employment
Awareness Month to bring further
recognition of this important issue to the
local community.
"Each year Diversified Opportunities
works closely with many different
agencies that provide a variety of
supports and services to our trainees,"
said Clay Johnson. "These businesses
have exemplified professionalism and
dedication to our mission and for that
we would like to recognize them today
for their outstanding service and
support."
DOI would like to
congratulate
Dewey R. for
receiving the
Triumph Award in
recognition of 30
years employment
with Aramark at
Barton!
The keynote speaker was Johnny Evans, a
former N.C. State Wolfpack football
quarterback and Eastern North Carolina
Director for the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes. Evans spoke about four values,
teamwork, service, excellence and itegrity,
that have guided his life on and off the field.
Evans related how these values exemplify
and facilitate the success of DOI, its
trainees and staff.
DOI recognized several award winners for
their service and commitment to DOI.
Outgoing Board members, Hearn Walston
and Ken Jones were recognized for their
dedication. Some of the awards given were
Partners In Service, Employers of the Year,
Employee of the Year, Highest Productivity,
Triumph award and DOI's highest award,
The Sentinel award.The Sentinel award
goes to a person or group that provides
continued support and is commited to
helping the community and Diversified. The
Wilson Police Department and Rob Boyette
were the recipients of this years Sentinel
award.
Ken Powell, DOI's Vice Chairman, closed
the event by thanking all for their ongoing
support of Diversified, which served 220
trainees in Wilson, Wayne and Greene
counties over the past year. He noted that
DOI maintains partnerships with 52
regional businesses and expressed how
wonderful the organization is and how
proud he is to be a part of it. DOI thanks
this years award winners and all who
helped to make the Open House a success.
Our Mission is to provide vocational evaluation, training and placement for individuals,
age sixteen and over, with disabilities or disadvantaged circumstances so that they
might secure an optimal earned income and enhance their independence in the community.
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DOI's First Honey Harvest...
We were not the only ones hard at work this year. The
bees here at DOI proved their worth with a recent harvest
of delicious golden nectar. The hives produced over 7
gallons of honey beyond what they need to get through
the winter. The DOI trainees had a great time discovering
how to process a raw product into a finished good for sale.
There were lots of questions and plenty of hands on time
throughout the extraction process. The trainees will learn
more about processing raw goods as we begin to add
value to the bees wax that came from the extraction
process. Once this is complete they will learn how to
package, label and maybe even market these products.
Diversified Opportunities, Inc.
2014/2015 Benefactors
Platinum ($5000 and Above)
Bridgestone
Myrtle Williamson
Gold ($2000 - $4999)
Bridgestone Employees United Way
Designations*
Cindy Dixon*♥
Silver ($500 - $1999)
Alliance One International
GlaxoSmithKline
Letha Barnes
Bryant Bunn*
Donald & Brenda Evans
Ricky Best*
David
Bryant* Carlton Goff*♥
Elizabeth Hooks*
Michael & Kerri
Peevey
Agnes Speight* Mitch Vick*
Wells Fargo
Wilson Rotary Club
Wallace Short
Bronze ($100 - $499)
DOI Placements
90 Days on the Job
July - Jason H., Danny T.
August - Kermit H., Bobby C.,
Joniece S., Brandon R.
September - Dakee J.,
Diamond T., Kendrick M.
October - Fred V., Daniel M.,
Darren K., Wade B., Carl L.
Upcoming Events...
December 11th - Wilson
Police Department Trainee
Holiday Cookout, Meals
on Wheels
December 17th - Lions
Club Trainee Christmas
Party
December 18th - DOI
DOI received a contribution from Bridgestone Americas
of Wilson this October for $5000. Bridgestone
consistently supports Diversified Opportunities at the
Platinum level and DOI would like to thank them again
for their continued support and business partnership. It
is support like this that allows DOI to provide the service
that they are so passionate about.
DOI Staff Expands...
DOI would like to welcome
its newest employee Lynette
Wynn. Lynette has joined
the Diversified team as Program Manager and will be assisting
the current Program Manager, Ericka Simmons, to expand the
program services DOI provides in Wilson, Wayne and Greene
counties. Lynette retired from the Air Force after 20 years of
service and has sinced worked with NCWorks helping others
acheive gainful employment. This experience coupled with her
dedicated military service makes her a great fit at DOI! Diversified
Opportunites welcomes you.
Trainee Christmas Party
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DOI Receives Bridgestone
Contribution...
Sandra Avery* Angela P. Barnes* Linwood Battle* Jay Booth* Jamie L. Batts* Deborah A. Boyette* Rob &
Beverly Boyette Mandy Brown* Becky Boykin*♥ Kelly Burgess* Kyle Burnette* Shirley Byrd* Mike Carico*
Jon Carlisle* Anne Coghill Debra Collins* Jane Cookson* Natali Davis*♥ Barbara Dezern*♥ Susan
Everett*♥ Joseph Farmer* Marcus Fielding Charles P. Farris Don Foster* Donna Garrison* Bonnie Gay*
Grant Goings* Tony Greene Michael Harrell* Steve Harrell Woody Harrison R. W. Harrison J. C. Harris
Cadillac, Inc. Frank Heacox* Mary Heacox* Brian Holland* Thomas Hopkins William Holland* Richard &
Patricia Hudson Bradley Janeshak* Bobby Johnson Clay & Susan Johnson Brenda Kelly* Charles Kirby*
Kenneth Kirby* Lane & Pridgen, PA Mr. & Mrs. Carroll Lipscombe, Jr. Betty McCain Rose McDaris*♥
Michael McKeel Bernard McLeen* Merck Partnership for Giving Greg Olson*♥ Eldon Newton Lester
Parker* Marsha Parks* Kathy Phillips* Richard Phillips Jeanie Pittman*♥ Charles & Carol Pittman Mrs. B.
L. Plauche* David Pochek* Lanette Pridgen* Mayor Bruce Rose Silvester Ruffin* Scott Farms Donna
Scott* Ericka Simmons*♥ Anna M.K. Smith* R. Sommer* Southern Container Corp of Wilson Agnes
Speight Victoria Sowemimo* Jerry Stancil* Reverend & Mrs. Johnny Sullivan Towe Insurance Services
Turner Battle Bunn, Jr. & Catherine Bunn Foundation, Inc. Joni Tyson*♥ Kimberly VanDyk* David Wagner
Charlie Walker* Teri Webster Karen & Zack Webb* Michael White*♥ Barbara Wilkins*♥ Willie & Venzella
Williams* William Woolard* Harold Yelverton* Lindsay Yount*
Friends ($1 - $99)
Jose Aguilera*
Angie Baker*
Lori Barnes*
Curtis Beasley*
Pam Boyette
Rob & Beverly Boyette
Melanie Byrd*
Debra H. Collins*
Eric Cobb*
Bobby Davis*
Ronnie & Donna Dew
Kendrick
Edmondson*
Charles P. Farris, Jr.
Marcus & Julia Fielding
Teresa Finch* Lozetta Gaines*
Stephen Gardner*
Christa Goff*
Tony Greene
Jason Gunnin*
Vicky G. Harper*
Judy Hayes*
Stephen Hodgkins*
Sherri Jones*
Violet Jones*
Jamie King* Glenn Langley*
Kevin Medeiros*
Betty McCain
Jeremy Mercer*
Sheila Milne*
Tracy O. Mitchell*
Donnie Morgan*
Eugene &
Susan Nemechek
Brittany Nestor*
Shannon Nichols*
Sujuanta Ore*
Robert & Marcia Parker
Kathleen Phillips*
Kathy Phillips* Richard R. Phillips
James Pittman
Jerry Pridgen*
Elizabeth Reel*
Chaivey Reid* Thomas & Cindy Rhodes*
Thomas & Cindy Rhodes, Jr.
Leroy Sharpe*
Dewey
Sheffield Donna Scott*
Marcus Shaw*
Otis Sherrod*
Michael Stanford*
Denise & William Stinagle
Johnny & Donna Sullivan
Hildegard Swinney*
Danny & Sylvia Temple
Jean Tyson
Sherry Vaden
Catrina Vines*
Suni Williams*
Amy Williamson*
Elizabeth Willoughby*
Gail Zeigler*
In-Kind Contributors
3C Store Fixtures Inc.
Dollar General Store
Destined for Purpose Outreach Ministries
Fern Jones/Grapenuts
Wilson Community College
Wilson Early College Academy
Barton Baseball
Barton College
Steve Harrell
Susan Johnson
Eleanor Matthews
Donna Rhodes
Susan Everett
Golden Circle Optimist Club
Crop Production Services
Lisa Shreve
Vick Family Farms
Wilson
Police Department
Lions Club
Marsha Vick
*Denotes United Way Designation
♥Denotes DOI Staff
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