by Grady Chambers | Jan 12, 2024 | General, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
Ready, Set, CIS! The Eagles are flying into the playoffs, and we couldn’t be prouder of our CIS game day staff, who all season long played a key part in making the Philadelphia Eagles home games such a success. Pictured are two of our participants–Amira and...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 11, 2024 | General, News, Staff Spotlights
What a fun first night of food, beer, friends, and fundraising at Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats!!! These fantastic pictures are from last Wednesday when Dog Fish Head welcomed CIS to the restaurant as part of the brewery’s series of Benevolence Nights supporting...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 8, 2024 | General, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
2024 is the year of progress, and one of our Delaware participants is already embodying that ethos in her new job. Gloria, a new employee at Micheal’s, was recognized by her our own Kate Holzbaur as going above and beyond! In October, Gloria started as a temp-to-hire...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 5, 2024 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2024
It was so great to see so many folks come out to the recent hiring event for job-seekers with disabilities that we hosted with our partners at Transition Pathways, an initiative of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute. The hiring event was one of our biggest...
by Grady Chambers | Jan 4, 2024 | General, News
2023 was a truly great and impactful year at CIS: nearly 3,000 individuals received general workforce services in PA and DE; 320 participants started brand new jobs; CIS participants went to work at over 120 different employers; and all of them were connected to...
by Grady Chambers | Dec 26, 2023 | General, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2023
The festivities are not over yet! One of our participants is still in high spirits as she celebrates the holidays in the wake of completing a huge milestone! Elizabeth graduated from our Project SEARCH – Bayhealth program in May. The skills she developed in the...
by Grady Chambers | Dec 19, 2023 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2023
We are filled with pride this morning to see CIS participant Greg Tino featured on 6 action news! Greg is no stranger to the spotlight: he’s published two books; he writes a blog; he’s an advocate for people with autism and other disabilities; and he’s been...
by Grady Chambers | Dec 18, 2023 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2023
Give Aubrey a warm round of applause as she is coming up on her 3rd work anniversary at Mod Pizza! Three years on the job has turned Aubrey into an expert at all facets of the operation, from pizza prep and bussing tables to preparing the eat-in and take-out orders...
by Grady Chambers | Dec 8, 2023 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2023
2024 is just around the corner, and it’s fitting that long-time CIS participant Sharon is celebrating—and concluding—24 years of employment at Rite Aid. Sharon has decided to use this milestone to retire from her long-time job at the store and is showing her...
by Grady Chambers | Dec 7, 2023 | General, News, Participant Stories, Participant Stories - 2023
Give it up for Davon, who got an early holiday gift by landing a new job at the Wells Fargo Center! Davon was recently hired through Aramark to work Sixers and Flyers games and other stadium events, and we got a chance to hear more from his Business Developer Jonathan...
by Grady Chambers | Dec 6, 2023 | General, News, Participant Stories
The holidays and a great November have us in high spirits at Community Integrated Services, where 22 participants started new jobs over the past month across Pennsylvania and Delaware! Ezekiel was hired at UPS; Saleena landed a great position at the Philadelphia...
by Grady Chambers | Nov 30, 2023 | General
As we enter the season of joy and giving, we want to give a big shout-out to one of our Project Career Launch students, Shianne, who was recently hired in the Philadelphia School District! If you have been following our page, you may recall our visit with PCL (Project...
