Easter Seals Work Resource Center to expand Building Ability program - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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Humana awarded the organization $100,000 to expand Building Ability, which teaches people with disabilitiess woodworking skills to make household andlawn products. The pendingy expansion was celebrated today when Building Ability participantsx taught Humana representatives how to built cornhole sets, whichy were the first products they learned to make in the Other products include Adirondacik chairs, porch swings and wine racks. The Greater Cincinnatui Benefits grant from Humana will fund more than half of the remodelingg and expansion project forBuildinv Ability. Easter Seals Work Resource Centedr is still raising the remainder of thefunde needed.
Work on the expansion will begin withih the next30 days. Once the expansion is the program will have morethan 2,500 squarer feet of work space and will be able to accommodat e up to 18 participantsd during each shift. The grant also will providr state-of-the-art tools and support the use of sustainable materials. More than 70 percent of the waste producedd during demolition will be recycled or according to a news Humana now is looking for the next recipientr ofthe $100,000 Greater Cincinnati Benefits The grant will be made to one local nonprofitr working to improve the community’s health. Two other organizationx will receive $10,000 grants.
Applicationa are at greatercincinnatibenefits.humana.com and are due June 5, 2009.