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Duration Club Awards $5,000 for New Day Program
MAY 2008

SRVS received a grant from the Duration Club for the “Life Skills and Sensory Teaching Tools for the Classrooms and Workshop” Program. Through this program the Kramer Activity Center and SOS Industries Workshop Program will be working to encourage life skills training, enhance academic skills, develop pre-vocational skills and encourage sensory activities for over 200 individuals in the programs combined.
 
   
SRVS Awarded $15,000 by First Tennessee Foundation
APRIL 2008

We are proud to continue our partnership with First Tennessee.  This year, SRVS was awarded $15,000 by the First Tennessee Foundation. The money is vitally important to our agency, especially during this time of funding cuts. SRVS plans to use these funds to "Open Doors and Realize Dreams" in the KAC, SOS, Community Living, Employment Concepts, Community Participation and Family Support.
   
   

Today: SRVS supports more than 800 individuals with developmental disabilities through a variety of programs which include a day activity center, residential living program, occupational workshop, job coaching and placement, family support, personal assistance and a community participation program. Other support services include service coordination, behavior supports,  medication administration, therapy services and nursing services. In 2002, SRVS recognized that the board and administration needed to be strengthened and applied with the Grant Center to be a part of the Program for Nonprofit Excellence (PNE).  SRVS was accepted into this three-year pilot program and graduated in 2005.  Together with SRVS staff, consultants from the Grant Center (now the Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence) focused on charting five essential areas for change within the agency:  Governance, Public Relations and Development, Fundraising, Finance and Strategic Planning.  It was an enormous undertaking that gave SRVS a greater sense of direction and excellence.  

Future Goals:
SRVS is focusing future plans on an aggressive initiative entitled Tomorrow’s PossABILITIES Today! which is a part of the three-year strategic plan of developing a comprehensive day center and combining administrative buildings into one campus. SRVS has a long reputation as a leader in the developmental disability field, but has yet to take its role in the community-at-large. Through this initiative, SRVS hopes to move towards that goal: helping to broaden the possibilities for people with developmental disabilities in the community as well as the individuals currently served. 

 
   
SRVS Receives Grant from Valero Refinery-Memphis
FEBURARY 2008
Valero Refinery hosted a golf tournament in February to raise money for disabled children. SRVS was fortunate to receive a grant of $8,000 from the money raised. These funds will be distributed among all of SRVS' programs.
 
   
New Vans to Be Purchased with Grant Monies
FEBRURARY 2008
In addition to $25,000 given to SRVS by the Shelby County Delegation, SRVS was awarded another $25,000 through Sen. Beverly Marrero's Community Enhancement  fund and $2,100 through Sen. Mark Norris' fund. The money will be used to purchase vans designed to meet the needs of our service recipients. Thanks to Senators Marrero and Norris for their ongoing support of SRVS!
 
 
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