About Project SEARCH^TM at Wegmans

Project SEARCH^TM at Wegmans Food Markets launched on September 8, 2010. This project operates in partnership between Wegmans, Monroe 1 BOCES, Lifetime Assistance, Inc., ACCES-VR, Finger Lakes DDSO, and is coordinated by the Institute for Innovative Transition.

Nine students are currently participating in Project SEARCH^TM at Wegmans for the 2011-2012 academic school year. Students arrive on-site at the Calkins Road Wegmans at 8:30am and begin their day in the classroom where they focus on work readiness skills. Students began their first internship Sepember in various departments at the Calkins Road, Marketplace, and Ridge-Culver stores, including front end cashier, bakery, seafood, Marketplace Cafe, grocery, dairy, and prepared foods, and maintenance. The current internships will continue until the end of December.

Applications are currently being accepted for the current school year. For more information, contact JoAnn Genthner at Monroe 1 BOCES at 585-383-6441.

Funding for Project SEARCH^TM at Wegmans is made possible by the Golisano Foundation and the NYS Developmental Disabilities Planning Council.

Project SEARCHTM at Wegmans - 2010-2011 Students

Meet the Project SEARCH^TM at Wegmans Staff:

Cindy Martens-Pitts, Teacher

Leslie Glende, Teacher's Assistant

Cynthia Wyman, Teacher's Assistant

Jeanne Stewart, Job Coach

Contact information:

Institute for Innovative Transition

Susan Hetherington

Project SEARCHTM  Director

Susan_Hetherington@urmc.rochester.edu

585-275-6608

Julie Christensen

 Project SEARCHTM Coordinator

Julie_Christensen@urmc.rochester.edu

585-273-3713

Monroe 1 BOCES

JoAnn Genthner

Principal, START Program

Joann_Genthner@boces.monroe.edu

585-383-6441

Lifetime Assistance, Inc.

Shawn Wilson, Coordinator of Vocational Rehabilitation

shawn.wilson@lifetimeassistance.org

585-426-4120