Progress Edition
S & H Products
An Overview of
Progress for
2004
Income from operations rose 7% to $404,082.
New contracts this year included: processing “pole wraps” for Barnum Warehouse; hinge assembly for Shaffer Manufacturing; double stamp produce bags for Cargill; pin and chain assembly for Peerless Machinery Corporation; air-line attachment for Applied Industrial Technologies; wrapping and bagging electrical parts for Sidney Tool and Die; a new packaging assembly for Amos Press; and building electrical conduits for Sollmann Electric.
Employees assembled 2,757,175 muffler clamps and 367,079 riveted hanger assemblies for Marwil Products up 2% from last year and 110,000 nail bag assemblies were completed for Alcoa Building Products.
S & H Christmas cards had great success in its third year of existence, with sales of more than 18,000 cards, a 42% increase over last year.
In April, S & H workers began their eleventh year of employment with NKP in Sidney and Troy.
NKP graciously donated the use of a billboard for six month’s, located just west of town on State Route 47 near Kuther Road. The billboard was titled, “Your Partner in Productivity”.
To showcase our beautiful, user-friendly facility, S & H Products hosted an Open House on Thursday, December 11th, from noon until 6:00 p.m. Visitors learned about production services, community employment, the new habilitation services, recreation, and other elements of the program as they toured the facility.
With great enthusiasm, the S & H Board welcomed Mike Toal, Everyday Technologies, and Gary Heitmeyer, FDL Automation and Supply, to the S & H Board of Trustees.
Shelby County’s Self-Advocacy Group “People First” attended the Ohio MR/DD Awareness Month celebration at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium in Columbus on March 18th. Employees invited Senator Jim Jordan to attend the MRDD Awareness Month reception and the Senator accepted.
A new “Friendship Club” was formed at S & H. As the name suggests, this social club helps people learn how to make friends, keep the friends they have and explore the places where they can make friends. Utilizing a “Circle of Support” (families, friends, neighbors, co-workers), individuals can develop their own independent recreational opportunities and become more “connected” to their community.
“Life Books” continue to be popular at S & H. These scrapbooks are created to help an individual plan for the future and advocate for themselves. Each page creates a positive picture of the person, records important events, organizes emergency and medical information, and encourages communication among the circle of support including family, friends and professionals.
Adult Basic Literary Education (ABLE) taught classes at S & H to help sharpen our employees’ math, reading, and computer skills and the Ohio State University Extension Office taught cooking classes to assist our employees in the planning and preparation of economical and nutritious meals.
S & H was awarded a $500 grant from the Founders Fund of the Community Foundation of Shelby County in response to our request for support of a proposed “Art Cupboard”. S & H will be purchasing a variety of new and different art media and supplies to assist individuals with sensory, perceptual, cognitive and physical disabilities.