Webinar: Rotary partnership creates jobs for individuals with disabilities!

Debbie Moore, Partners for Work (PFW) coordinator with WiSe, will share information about the highly successful partnership project with Rotary District 5030.

The Washington PFW project was started in partnership with the Auburn Rotary Club in 2003.  In 2010 the Washington PFW project expanded to become a Rotary District 5030 project. This project creates employment opportunities for people with developmental disabilities by utilizing Rotarian business leaders as a vital link between job candidates and paid employment.  

Join Debbie for a brief history of the project and hear success stories. Learn about creative networking and marketing strategies that have helped increase involvement from rotary clubs. Lastly, hear ideas of where the project is headed from here, and expansion ideas will be shared.

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Debbie Moore was hired by W.i.S.e. to continue the development of this project within the Rotary District 5030.  Since that time, Debbie has created 36 additional paid employment positions and 29 internships for students with disabilities within the Transition programs in King County. Employees in the Partners for Work project are office assistants, warehouse/manufacturing stocking associates, membership/service assistants, and utility/janitorial assistants.

Debbie brings 25 years’ experience working with individuals with disabilities. Most recently she worked for 13 years as a Career Specialist within the Issaquah School District Transition Program where she implemented and managed student’s career development activities. Debbie’s strengths include creative job development, facilitating and maintaining partnerships within local business, collaborating with various agencies and facing daily challenges head on.