ADEC summer campers’ activity level grows by ‘Leaps and Bounds’ thanks to Goshen Health grant
Children with disabilities are 38 percent more likely to be obese. With help from the Goshen Health Foundation, ADEC is working to change that.
Genesis Products volunteers experience magic at visit to Day Service at Bristol
The folks from Genesis Products spent a combined 45 hours volunteering and hanging out with the people ADEC serves at the day service. The volunteers learned about ADEC's mission to offer choice and possibility to the people the nonprofit serves and were then able to see it in action.
ADEC Industries ‘is a good place to start your life’: Employees deliver public comment to state task force
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As ADEC CEO and President Donna Belusar stood at the podium in front of a packed room, she held up a picture of more than a dozen ADEC Industries employees on a recent payday. The 15 individuals, all with intellectual [...]
ADEC’s Mike Hedrington celebrates 35 years of helping people with disabilities find dignity, meaning in work
One of ADEC’s four core values is “employment,” and for 35 years Mike has been helping fulfill the mission of helping individuals with disabilities find dignity and meaning through work.
From the CEO: ADEC Industries offers another choice for employment for individuals with disabilities
Donna L. Belusar is the president and CEO of ADEC. As the state considers the future of services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Donna advocates to keep ADEC Industries as an option. As I walked through the workshop [...]
Elkhart County Sheriff’s Department officers visit Day Service at Bristol, pick up ADEC art
ADEC clients at the Day Service at Bristol got a surprise visit Tuesday, June 12, from a pair of Elkhart County Sheriff's Department officers.
ADEC celebrates 3 Project SEARCH graduates as they prepare for future careers
Three young adults are ready and eager to enter the workforce after spending a year learning job skills and completing internships at Memorial Hospital of South Bend.
Deb Buras, invoice and records coordinator for ADEC Industries, celebrates 25 years of employment
When Deb Buras was hired at ADEC in 1993, she never imagined staying for 25 years. Now she couldn't imagine retiring anyplace else. Deb, who grew up in South Bend, was unhappy with her work in accounts payable. Her brother, [...]
ADEC’s 2018 Ride-A-Bike and Color Our World 5K: A photo and video recap
More than 200 people came out to Northridge High School on May 19 to support the people with intellectual and developmental disabilities served by ADEC every day.
From the CEO: ADEC Gaining Grounds Center to be place of transformational impact, community inclusion
Last month, we told you that we were breaking ground on an exciting, new Gaining Grounds location that will help provide more choices and greater possibilities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, but I wanted to take some time and explain the vision behind the new addition.
