PWI’s North County office in Oceanside was recognized as a Nonprofit Finalist for the prestigious Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Annual Business Awards. We will find out on March 4 if the office is the annual award winner.
The NC office is led by Julia Savoy, who joined the PWI team in 1998. She quickly rose from an employment training specialist, to manager and in 2001 was promoted to director of the office.
Congratulations to the entire PWI team for this achievement!
-Mark Berger, CEO
I want to direct you to two letters just published on the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chantal-sicile-kira/post_1652_b_816993.html).
They are written by Chantal Sicile-Kira and her son Jeremy, a 22 year old studying at community college. They tell the story of the impact of the cuts proposed in the Governor’s budget on one of the 240,000 persons in California with a developmental disability.
The Governor’s budget proposes $750M ($1B with lost federal matches) for the developmental disabilities community. $553.5M are in unspecified cuts which will target community based providers like PWI. Please call your Assembly Member and State Senator and tell them no more cuts to community based providers – have the cuts come from DDS administration and DDS developmental centers. See list below for numbers.
For more info, call Mark Berger 619-681-1999 x1103
| Assembly | ||
| Kevin Jeffries | 951-894-1232 | Fallbrook and northeastern SD County |
| Diane Harkey | 760-757-8084 | Oceanside |
| Martin Garrick | 760-929-7998 | Coastal NC and Vista, San Marcos |
| Nathan Fletcher | 858-689-6290 | La Jolla, Mira Mesa, Poway |
| Toni Atkins | 619-645-3090 | Central SD |
| Brian Jones | 619-441-2322 | East County |
| Marty Block | 619-462-7878 | Eastern SD, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley |
| Ben Hueso | 619-409-7979 | Coastal South Bay |
| State Senate | ||
| Joel Anderson | 619-596-3136 | East County |
| Mark Wyland | 760-931-2455 | North County |
| Chris Kehoe | 619-645-3133 | Central San Diego |
| Juan Vargas | 619-409-7690 | South Bay |
We are pleased to share our new 2009-2010 Annual Report. Click here to read a copy.
The new 2010 PWI video was launched at our November 17 Success Luncheon. You can watch it on youtube by clicking below:
PWI was recognized by the California State Senate Select Committee on Autism for Excellence in Employment at an event on September 10. Other PWI supported businesses were also honored, including Assembly Member Nathan Fletcher, The Bishop’s School, Omni Hotel, San Diego County Public Defenders Office and Vitalityweb.com.
I met today with Julie Magnuson, President of the San Diego HR Roundtable and Eric Van Gilder, Board member. PWI will be working with the Roundtable to utilize the resources of their 500 member professional association in “Win-Win Partnerships.” We’re excited about the connection.
More info on the Roundtable: http://sandiego.hrroundtables.com/
-Mark Berger, CEO
We’re pleased to have partnered with author Gina Trapani of http://smarterware.org to distribute her book “The Complete Guide to Google Wave.” A new deal – buy the paper back copy and get the ebook free – and PWI benefits! Thanks to Gina, publisher and publisher Kelly Abbott at 3ones.com. Also, see the video link to the NBC news story about the partnership.
Buy the book: http://completewaveguide.com/
PWI has been working with Social Venture Partners – San Diego and SVP – Singapore on a collaborative venture. PWI has been mentoring a nonprofit in Singapore with a similar mission for several months through our connection with SVP-SD board member Duane Trombly.
SVP-SD has been assisting PWI with some new business plans as well.We are excited about these new partnerships.
Mark Berger, CEO
Keely Bamberg, Associate Vice President of the San Diego Foundation visited PWI on June 16. PWI is excited to collaborate with the Foundation and has been the recipient of contributions from their donors. Keely had previously worked with PWI when she coordinated MBA interns at the SDSU Entrepreneurial Management Center.
