10/26/12 - A local nonprofit focused on helping people with disabilities train for and find employment held events around Brighton yesterday to celebrate its 40th anniversary. The Work Skills Corporation is a Brighton-based nonprofit organization that was founded in 1973 by parents who were concerned by a lack of vocational training available to local special needs graduates. Today it provides training and job placement for people with barriers and disabilities, and also offers health care services, and alternative education in Ann Arbor and Brighton. The organization held an open house including tours at its headquarters on Summit Street in Brighton last night. Work Skills is the parent company of Studio West, an art studio in downtown Brighton. Studio West supervisor Lauren Donahue tells WHMI the facility helps people with a wide range of disabilities create and market their own works of art. The studio also partners with the Brighton Artistsâ Guild. Studio West held a âpaint and pourâ event as part of last nightâs 40th anniversary celebration. Participants were provided with paint, canvas, and instruction to allow them to create their own works of art. All the entrance fees for the events went to benefit the Work Skills Corporation. (TD)
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