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Jefferson County Public Health lauds businesses for ‘eliminating barriers’ for those with developmental disabilities

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, November 4, 2014

By Peninsula Daily News

The Developmental Disabilities Program at Jefferson County Public Health recognized National Disability Employment Month by honoring several employers recently. From left are program board chairs Carl Hanson and Lesly Sheinbaum; Bob Giesler of Safeway; Rich Stewart of Chimacum School District; Kelly Anthony of Bayview Restaurant; and Jefferson County Commissioners David Sullivan and John Austin.
The Developmental Disabilities Program at Jefferson County Public Health recognized National Disability Employment Month by honoring several employers recently. From left are program board chairs Carl Hanson and Lesly Sheinbaum; Bob Giesler of Safeway; Rich Stewart of Chimacum School District; Kelly Anthony of Bayview Restaurant; and Jefferson County Commissioners David Sullivan and John Austin.

PORT TOWNSEND — The Developmental Disabilities program at Jefferson County Public Health, in partnership with program’s advisory board, Skookum and Concerned Citizens, celebrated October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month by honoring 13 Jefferson County employers.

They are Subway, Pizza Factory, Pane d’Amore, Enclume Design Products, Port Townsend Business Guides, Pippa’s Real Tea, Glow Natural Skin Care, Goodwill Industries, Homer Smith Insurance, Uptown Nutrition, Safeway, Chimacum School District and Bayview Restaurant.

Those businesses lead efforts to employ local people with developmental disabilities, according to the advisory board, and “leading by example when it comes to eliminating barriers to work.”

Members of the advisory board and the three Jefferson County commissioners presented three of the businesses — Bayview Restaurant, Safeway and Chimacum School District — with certificates of appreciation.

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