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Welcome to the Employee Recognition Page! Within this site you will find useful information on the accomplishments and contributions of the employees at Senior Independence. Senior Independence takes pride in recognizing its employees for their performance as members of the organization and the Community! This is done through various recognition and awards programs as listed below. The Akron Senior Independence office participated in the First Annual Hope Walk for Stewart's Caring Place. Stewart's Caring Place offers free support and education to families and individuals touched by cancer. The Hope Walk and Reunion Picnic was a celebration of remembrance and hope for those on the cancer journey. The participants in the picture from left to right are: Joanne Johnston, Joyce Wendel, Chris Hodge and Beverly Lann. Our Senior Independence office of Columbus received a touching thank you letter recently. The letter mentioned the excellent care and attention given by Addy, Gary, Justin, Leslie, Gayle and every aide that entered her home. Marie the client wrote " I could write a book about the excellent services provided by Senior Independence and it's caring attitude for all they serve." GREAT JOB to our entire staff in the Columbus office! Joseph is a dependable, personable and dedicated employee. He always has a positive, cheerful attitude and our clients appreciate it. His "can do" attitude and his willingness to go the extra mile are why Joseph should be recognized as an AOPHA STAR. Kadiatu displays all the best qualifications a caregiver could possess. Kadiatu's positive attitude shows through her beautiful smile and countenance. She demonstrates flexibility in her job performance and she easily adapts to any change in her patient care schedule. Sue works full-time and is going to school for her masters degree. She goes above and beyond her duties to care for her clients. She will go out to any client day or night to take care of them. I would let her take care of any one of my family members. Two of Youngstown's Senior Independence nurses were recognized as AOPHA Stars during a luncheon in their honor. Great Job Barb (left) and Sharalyn (right)! Barb is also 'Employee of the Month'.   Toni and Joelle won the "most original recipe". Joelle uses tofu in the recipe. It is low fat and very healthy. And of course, it had to be called "Down Home Care Good Chili"!!!! Joelle was very sick with the flu the day before the contest. Toni offered to make the chili, since Joelle was in no position to make the chili. Toni forgot the recipe when she got home, so she made it from memory. Not knowing what the exact ingredients of the spices were, Toni made an administrative decision and uniformly added 1 Tablespoon of all the spices. Toni came in the morning of the contest, saying I don't think anyone will eat the chili, because of the problem with measurement of spices. Much to all of our surprise, at 2:00 PM when the judges made their decision that Senior Independence won the "Most Original" prize. The picture is the shirts they won for entering the contest. They won a DVD player for a prize. Click here to view and print this tasty recipe! Karen, the Community Services Director of Senior Independence of Youngstown received the AOPHA Excellence in Communications Award. The award was in recognition of creating a "space for community services by extensive branding such as the VW bug. The VB bug is shown on the right. This VB bug can be seen cruising around town.   Our clients and staff at the Columbus Adult Day Center worked together to create a Senior Independence Collage. The Collage was called “The many faces of life” and it was created to show that no matter what age you are we are all connected and the same. The collage won first place for group projects at the Regional Arts Competition in the Central Region of AOPHA!! Congratulations team!!   The Senior Independence Adult Daycare Center of Akron/Canton in collaboration with the Westminster YMCA Child Daycare created a collage called “Faces of Love”. Staff and residents created self-portraits along with the children of the daycare center. This intergenerational project won first place at the AOPHA statewide Arts competition!! Great job! Introducing Senior Independence of North Canton "New Wheelchair Van" We are now a PASSPORT Medical Provider in Stark County. The Van was purchased with donated funds by: Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton Austin Bailey Health and Wellness Foundation Stark Community Foundation Northminster Presbyterian Church