My 10 Year Trip: Matthias Kemmeren My wife, kids and I were finally able to enjoy my 10 year trip to Disney. Thankfully, our flights weren’t delayed because of the hurricane and we were able to enjoy an entire week away. We stayed at The Boardwalk resort and it was a great location. We managed to visit all of the parks while we were there and we were able to attend Mick- ey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party which was a neat experience for a one-time trip. I’d say the highlight of the trip was having dinner with my wife on top of The Contemporary which overlooks Magic Kingdom. We enjoyed the parades and were able to ride the new Guardians of the Galaxy ride. I happened to see a local friend’s post on Ins- tagram and discovered they coincidentally were at Disney too so we all met up for ice cream one day. I’d like to thank the Meiners for the chance to take a nice family vacation! Village of Progress Honors by Jeff Meiners
The village of Progress is an organization devoted to serving adults with developmental disabilities in Ogle County by providing programs and job opportunities that help to provide purpose and fulfillment for the clients they serve. Their goal is to help individuals feel valued and respected in the community at large and to change perceptions of those with little personal contact with this group of people. Twenty-three of VOP’s clients have been placed to work at Crest and we are more than confident that they have emphatically met their goals in their interactions with us. Crest was recently honored as the business of the year for our associations with the Village of Progress at their t awards banquet. We are honored and thankful for the award, but the truth of the matter is that this group of people has given us far more than we have given them. Little did we know that when we first started working together that our hearts would be touched with the warmth, kindness and desire to succeed despite whatever obsta- cles that might stand in the way that this group of people all possess. We have all been taught some important life lessons from the clients of the Village of Progress and are grateful for the opportunity to work alongside them. We’re pretty sure that Jim Reindel, their Crest supervisor, has adopted a whole new family! So, Village of Progress – thank you for the honor…but you all are the true heroes of this story.
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