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  • Food Rescue Partners with Hillcroft Services

    Published Friday, February 3, 2012

    The Indianapolis based non-profit Food Rescue has found a way to reduce the amount of unused food that is thrown away by restaurants in ten Indiana cities.  The relationships Food Rescue has established with restaurants and volunteers provides thousands of pounds of food to those in need through partnerships with several different organizations. 

    Hillcroft Services is very grateful to be one of the organizations in Muncie that has partnered with Food Rescue to “save” food. The Food Rescue partnerships in Muncie not only serve clients of Hillcroft, but also provide a great resource for other local nonprofits. 

    Food Rescue’s most recent food saving endeavor came in the form of 37,000 pounds of cookies donated by Maplehurst Bakeries. Hillcroft one of four agencies to receive nearly 10,000 pounds of snicker doodle and oatmeal raisin cookies.  Hillcroft’s portion of the rescued cookies will be divided up to be shared with other local non-profit organizations and used by Hillcroft’s programs.

  • 2011 Client Awards

    Published Monday, December 19, 2011

    Awards are presented to clients representing each of Hillcroft's departments at each year's Annual Meeting.  The client awards represent the hard work and energy Hillcroft's clients dedicate to self improvement and gaining great independence. 

  • Secret Santa's Coming!

    Published Monday, November 28, 2011

    We can’t be sure when it started, but for well over twenty years we can be sure it will happen.  Each November, Janet Milazzo, Hillcroft’s Chief Operations Officers, sends out a message to all staff. 

    The subject line:  Secret Santa. 

Testimonials

"I have found a new direction in my life. After trying unsuccessfully to find a new job, at 51 years of age, I was introduced to Hillcroft's Careers in Business classes. I learned to use a computer and after only a few months I have started my internship."

- Barbara Taylor

Sarah Strom named Hillcroft's new Art and Recreation Coordinator

Published Thursday, May 6, 2010 7:00 am

Hillcroft Services has named Sarah Strom its new Art and Recreation Coordinator to oversee recreation programming at Hillcroft's Isanogel as well as personnel and arts programming for VSA arts of Indiana.

Strom has a lot of experience and lots of passion and enthusiasm working with children and adults with disabilities.  She already has a background as a Teaching Artist with VSA with two years of experience teaching both dance and visual arts.  She served as the Day Camp Coordinator for Camp Cheerful in Strongville, Ohio for four summer and has been a great asset to Isanogel's Autism Day Camp program as the Assistant Day Camp Director.

"I am extremely excited to welcome Sarah to our team and look forward to her leadership and vision in providing innovative opportunities for children and adults with disabilities to access and experience quality art and recreation," said Hillcroft's Vice President of Art and Recreation, Elizabeth Piazza.

Founded in 1952, Hillcroft Services provides an array of programs for people with disabilities of all ages in East Central Indiana.  The goal of every program at Hillcroft is to facilitate all clients to achieve greater independence.  Hillcroft provides its clients with residential care, job placement assistance, behavior management, career development, access to arts and recreation, community integration, skills training and social opportunities.  www.hillcroft.org

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