A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FROM ST.CROIX INDUSTRIES

1525 North 4th Street, New Richmond, WI 54017 www.stcroixind.org

WHAT’S HAPPENING

St. Croix Industries is proud to announce that we have

received the Small Business of the Year Award from

the New Richmond Chamber. We are honored to

receive this award and are proud to be a member of

the New Richmond Chamber and the local business

community.

The award was presented at the New Richmond

Chamber of Commerce Awards and Recognition

banquet. Over 250 local business people gathered at

Ready Randy’s to celebrate the year’s successes and to

outline plans for the future of commerce and

community gatherings.

St Croix Industries honors are the result of a

collaboration of everyone responsible for taking part in

our operations. I want to thank the Health and Human

Services board and the county board which have

supported us over the last 39 years; the businesses that

provide us work and keep us busy; the staff of SCI

who are our greatest assets and the heart of our

program; the parents and guardians who believe in

our mission and trust us to care and support their

adult children; and most of all, I want to thank the

consumers who come to St. Croix Industries and

allow us to serve and support them. You are the

core of our existence.

We look forward to another active year with the

chamber, taking part in the local events and being a

full partner with the community.

On January 1st we began working with the new

Managed Care Organization that took over after

Community Health Partnership went out of

business. The new company, Southwestern Family

Care Alliance (SFCA) is a public operated long-term

care company with a home office in Lone Rock,

Wisconsin. We look forward to a fruitful and

cooperative relationship as we both work to foster

the highest quality of life and increase

opportunities for our mutual consumers. For

additional information, you can find them on the

web at www.familycarealliance.org

We look forward to new and exciting things in 2013

and wish you and your family a happy and healthy

new year.

Thank you for your trust and support.

Clark Schroeder, Administrator.

Fred Horne (far left), mayor of New Richmond, and Fred Johnson (far

right), director of Health and Human Services, pose with SCI staff and

client, Bob Radke, after receiving the Small Business of the Year Award

from the New Richmond Chamber.

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SCI CLIENTS GIVE BACK

Bobby, David and

other SCI clients

donated several

hours during the

month of

December ringing

the bells for the

Salvation Army at

Family Fresh in

New Richmond and

the County Market

in Hudson.

Clients and staff brought in food to donate to

the food shelf during the holiday season.

SCI committed to a weekly route delivering Meals

on Wheels. Michelle, Amanda and one staff

person pick up meals from the Community Center

and deliver them to approximately twelve

homebound people in the New Richmond

community. Michelle and Amanda have been

doing a wonderful job carrying the coolers, helping

to locate the proper addresses, and bringing the

meals to the recipients. They look forward to

seeing their “friends” every Wednesday and love

the opportunity to give back to their community.

Clinton has become a great bingo caller as SCI clients sit at

each table to assist and visit with each resident.

Allie is enjoying her afternoon hanging out with the ladies.

She is a great help!

One of the many ways that clients have found to help “make a

difference” in the community is by volunteering their time and

talents at various nursing homes in the area where they help

residents play bingo. Since Bingo is a popular game at SCI, it was

a natural fit and perfect volunteer opportunity. The clients use

donated premiums, from jobs that have been performed at SCI, as

prizes for the residents.

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Daniel and Janet volunteered to sell coupon books at

Herberger’s in Stillwater

The Community Days Sales at Herberger’s were a huge

fundraising success for SCI. Not only were clients able to

earn money for activities and improvements such as the

summer picnic, new cubbies in the break room and the

Halloween and football parties… but they were also able

to practice some public speaking and salesmanship skills

with the shoppers in the community. It was a huge hit

with the clients!

We are once again selling Community Days

Sale coupon books! Contact SCI to

purchase your book for the upcoming sale to

be held on March 1st and 2nd. Thank YOU

for your continued support!

***See more fundraising opportunities on p.4

This quarter I would like to highlight our business partner, Commercial Recycling, located in Medford WI. We

recycle cardboard, paper and newsprint with Commercial Recycling, picking up at our location once per

month. This past quarter we recycled 26,000 pounds.

For over 35 years, Commercial Recycling has been helping businesses, both locally and throughout the state

of Wisconsin, reduce the amount of waste that ends up in a landfill. It is an industry leader, designing service

programs to best suit their customers’ businesses, be it large or small. They offer free, no obligation

consultations to design paper recycling programs that will fit a business’s specific needs or streamline the

recycling program that may already be in place. Reliable service and fair market based pricing is something

that you can depend on from Commercial Recycling.

Clients put grommets

into 10,000 fire alarms

for BOH Electronics, a

new costumer for SCI.

Jobs for BOH have

allowed us to expand

into basic electrical wire

assembly. Adam and

Dan are hard at work.

Kandra and Richard were two of many

clients who inspected over 510,000 parts

for Hudson’s Fastenal for their customer,

Norlake.

SCI spent several days washing and wiping the oil

off of 11,791 parts for Prism Plastics. Brian and

David worked hard and made the production

deadline.

David works with a special

tool that opens the KSUN

tape cartridges allowing

access to both internal and

external parts so that they

can be reused. Clients

worked hard to heat the

labels off the outside, and

separate the seven internal

parts of 4369 label cartridges.

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The Day Services Program kicked off the fourth quarter

with a Halloween costume party, “mummified” hotdogs,

goulish green brew and spider cookies. The holiday

treats were enjoyed by all!

Edda and Nancy certainly got into the Halloween spirit with their festive attire. Nancy sported her favorite candy costume…M&M’s! Edda played

the happy witch casting only good spells. Anyone who knows Edda, knows that she is a big fan of parties, balloons and cake!

December was filled with holiday

preparations….decorating, and baking

scrumptious cut-out cookies. Christmas

music filled the air as colorful projects were

created. Our in-house artist created an arctic

penguin which was proudly displayed!

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Thank You for your support during our first

Apparel Fundraiser! Because of your support, we

were able to raise $1552.00 for our client activities

fund. Everyone looks chic in their SCI tee shirts,

sweat shirts, and hats!

We are excited to announce that we will be offering

you another opportunity to add these great items to

your wardrobe…just in time for spring and summer.

Look for another order

form to come your

way in March!

2013 has just begun to get busy and the

CALENDAR is beginning to fill up!

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We hope that everyone is enjoying the happy faces of

SCI clients and staff as you check your daily happenings

to make sure you don’t miss any appointments or parties.

Thanks to your support during our calendar fundraiser, we

were able to raise $535.00 ….and had fun doing it!

We have a few remaining calendars, so now is your

chance to snag one at 50% off! Buy one for a friend!

PURCHASE A 2013

CALENDAR FOR JUST

$5.00 (a $10.00 value)

Call (715-246-8299) or stop in to get

your calendar

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A note from Joelle:

I would like to take this opportunity to inform everyone that unfortunately, my time

as a job developer for St. Croix Industries will be coming to an end. I have been

presented with the opportunity to transfer to the YCSS (Youth Community Support

Services) Program within St. Croix County as a Social Worker, and therefore be

resigning as job developer. After spending over a year as a job developer, and almost

one year previous to that as a job coach, I can say that I will truly miss everyone that

I have worked with. It has been a wonderful two years with St. Croix Industries, and I

wish you all the best of luck. I would particularly like to thank the Placement

Program staff, and Placement Program client workers and job seekers for everything

that they have taught me in my time with the program. You have all been very

inspirational and motivated individuals to work with. I will miss you dearly.

Joelle Nygaard recently accepted a

position with St Croix County YCSS. We

congratulate her on her new position and

thank her for her years of service working

with SCI! We will miss you, Joelle!!

WE THANK YOU!

St. Croix Industries’ clients, staff, family, friends and guests

enjoyed an afternoon during the holiday season to delight in

an Italian lunch buffet, dance to live music and receive

amazing gifts. Everyone looks forward to this day when they

wear a special outfit and spend the afternoon “out on the

town” with their friends. It is the highlight of their year!

All of this is possible because of your support during our

fundraising opportunities! Thank you for making this possible!

The Placement Program continues to thrive

in finding employment and setting up work

trials for individuals. During the 4th

quarter

we set up 8 extended work trials resulting

in 2 hires. Work trials or hires have been

with Cooper’s Motor’s, St. Croix Valley

YMCA, The Centre, Future Farms, and

Family Fresh New Richmond.

Tammy is busy cleaning treadmills at the YMCA

Samantha enjoys the many

opportunities and variety of jobs

that she is able to perform while

working at Key’s Café in Hudson.

She was thrilled when they

recently offered her the chance to

work addition hours.

The St. Croix County jail continues

to offer job opportunities for

many of our clients. They are

kept busy at the laundry facility

where they are responsible for

washing, drying and folding

bedding, towels and uniforms.

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This quarter’s client in the spotlight is SCI’s very own Greg

Rappley. Greg has been working at SCI since 1987 and still loves

coming to work each day… although he also enjoys his Tuesdays

with Day Services where he bowls and participates in their daily

activities. Greg states that his current favorite job is putting

nuts and screws together for KTEK, followed by putting washers

into Grip-x boots.

When Greg is not busy at work he enjoys watching some of his

favorite “old time” television shows on DVD. His favorites

include “Gilligan’s Island,” “Bewitched” and “Macguyver.” Greg

lives in New Richmond with his mom and dad and enjoys

spending time with them. He also enjoys when his sister is able

to come over for dinner and visit.

Greg is a huge Green Bay Packer fan. Almost every day of the

week, you will see Greg proudly displaying something from his

vast wardrobe that is filled with Green Bay Packer gear. Greg

loves to the watch the games with his dad! Go Pack!

Greg is a very competitive individual, so he really enjoys

going bowling and playing bingo whenever he has the

opportunity. If he can do one of these activities and go

out for a cheeseburger afterwards…life is almost perfect.

Greg is a hard worker and a wonderful asset to SCI. He

has a very outgoing personality and is always excited to

start work each morning when he hops off the van. Keep

up the great work Greg!