John Kelly of Source America speaks about Source America’s mission of placing workers with a range of disabilities.
Featured in the interview is Luke Grossman, who works in Eggleston’s linen services, and his father, Larry Grossman, who is a member of Eggleston’s board of directors.
Sodexo Corp. presented Phyllis Moore with the “Rock Star” award for her positive attitude and daily performance in providing Marines exceptional customer service. At Camp Allen, Eggleston employees provide quality food service. Congratulations to Phyllis.
On Saturday Sept. 6, Eggleston hosted two special training sessions for area Boy Scout troops.
The training was held at the Eggleston Garden Center in Norfolk.
Coordinated by scoutmaster Joe Colby, the sessions gave scouts the opportunity to earn merit badges in Disability Awareness and Plant Sciences. It also was a great opportunity for the scouts to meet some of Eggleston employees who shared their unique work experiences.
Eggleston President and CEO Paul Atkinson takes the ALS Ice Bucket challenge, and dedicates it to Karen Olsen, who suffered from ALS.
Paul extends the challenge to Mike Kivitz, Tim Hund and Larry Grossman.
Eggleston employees donated a total of $239 to the ALS Association.
Are you looking for a great value on a used car? Look no further than Eggleston’s vehicle auction!
Auctions are held every other Saturday at the Eggleston Automotive Center. You can even preview the cars in-person on the Friday before the auction from 9 am to 4 pm.
Our next auction will be held September 6, 2014. Doors open at 8 am, and the auction begins promptly at 9 am. You must be registered to bid. Click here to read more about our rules and regulations.
Assistive Technology helps people with disabilities complete tasks that are important to their everyday lives.
Did you know special funding assistance programs are available for those who need assistive technology?
Check out the program offered by Easter Seals UCP NC & VA, Inc. at the link below.
Eggleston currently operates three greenhouses and a Garden Center located on LaValette Ave. in Norfolk, next to the Virginia Zoo. In these operations, Eggleston offers horticultural therapy and helps associates gain life skills training in a pre-vocational setting.
Local non-profit and environmental organizations, such as the Elizabeth River Project and Lynnhaven Now!, recently brought the need for native wetlands plants to the attention of Eggleston. The plants are needed to restore the local river shorelines and dunes.
In an effort to help, Eggleston partnered with a large, out-of-town nursery specializing in “plants for living shorelines” to learn how to grow these wetlands plants in our greenhouses and sell at competitive prices in our garden center. We’ve reached out to local city planning offices and non-profit environmental organizations to determine the best plants to grow and the desired timing to support various projects.
The Native Plant Program has been a great success for the local community, the wetland environment and the people Eggleston serves. We’ve experienced a very enthusiastic response. One person even called this “the last missing piece of the local restoration program!”
If you’re interested in purchasing native wetland plants for your property or organization, stop by the Eggleston Garden Center at Tanner’s Creek.
Yesterday, Janssen, a division of Johnson and Johnson coordinated more than 20 volunteers from Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia for a paint project at Eggleston’s Beacon House.
We send a BIG “Thank You” to this awesome group for donating their time and resources to Eggleston’s mission.
Beacon House is a clubhouse program organized to support individuals living with the effects of brain injury.
Come join us for two fun races to benefit a great cause! Our one-mile run starts at 8:00 am and our 5K starts at 8:45 am. Both races are through the lovely wooded trails of the Virginia Wesleyan Campus. We’ll also have a special 100 yard POWER Dash in support of the New Energy POWER group for children with special needs.
Be sure to stay after the race for delicious post-race refreshments, a fun award ceremony and exciting raffle items provided by some of our sponsors.
All proceeds benefit Eggleston and its mission of creating education, training and employment for persons with disabilities.
Since 1955, Eggleston Services has helped thousands of individuals with disabilities to gain freedom from dependence on government support by providing them on-the-job training and stable work opportunities.
