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RFW Partners with Office Depot ... saving members Money

RFW has teamed up with Office Depot, one of the world’s largest office products distributors, to provide you an efficient, easy to use and cost effective way of ordering the office supplies. RFW is a member of U.S. Communities, through this relationship we are eligible to receive up to 80% off list price of 450 core office products and save up to 51% off list price of other products offered by Office Depot. Office Depot offers a huge selection of items and ships statewide with NO DELIVERY FEE! Most orders arrive within 24 hours.

We’ve also teamed up with Tech Depot, an Office Depot Company, to provide you with competitive pricing for technology products. You have access to over 100,000 products at their platinum partner level, their best pricing tier! This is your all-access pass to name brand technology products including desktop computers, network servers, all the accessories and software you trust for your business. Tech Depot provides excellent service and support, hard-to-find technology products, competitive pricing and shipping rates.

For more information, go to RFW Group Discount Programs or contact Laurie Judd Breuch at 608-244-5310 or by email at ljudd@rfw.org.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Recognizes Wisconsin's Rest Area Recycling Program

Wisconsin is one of the first and only states to launch and sustain a statewide rest area recycling program. The EPA recently recognized Wisconsin's Rest Area Recycling Program and RFW's management of the program on behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Community Rehabilitation Programs (CRPs) provide the day-to-day maintenance at each of Wisconsin's 32 highway rest areas and 83 smaller waysides each year. CRP crews sort the recyclables and deliver them to the local recycling center. WisDOT allows CRPs to keep the proceeds from the recyclables as long as the revenue goes to programs and services to support individuals with disabilities...

Read the entire article: | online | or download (pdf) |.

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Host an Oral Health Awareness Day

The Southwest Regional Community Integration Initiative is seeking organizations in southwest Wisconsin to volunteer to host training an Oral Health Awareness Day in the spring of 2007. The training would be a full day event with the morning portion covering training for residential care providers, nurses, case managers, and care coordinators. The afternoon portion would offer voluntary on-site oral screenings and individualized oral health education for consumers. Also, concurrent Train-the-Trainer for nurses on the oral screen process.

• The goal of the program is to increase awareness of the importance of good oral care.
• Train caregiver staff to improve their skills in providing good oral care.
• Give guidance to individuals with I/DD to improve their own self-oral care.
• Increase knowledge of nurses concerning oral screening/monitoring to facilitate oral health triage.
• Presenters would include Community Integration Initiative staff. http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/cii/Regions/swregion.htm.

Hosts would be asked to provide a meeting room which can accommodate about 20-25 people for the morning event and a private small room with an accessible sink for the afternoon event. Other needs include a screen for powerpoint projection, site contact person to coordinate with the presenters and local publicity/sponsorship.

To find out training being coordinated in other parts of the state, go to the Community Integration Initiative Website. The Community Integration Initiative is a Department of Health & Family Services program whose goal is to establish regional support teams who can assist stakeholders in their efforts to develop sustainable systems of services and supports at the local level for people throughout Wisconsin with developmental disabilities with a special emphasis on meeting complex health and/or behavioral health needs. The resource development will concentrate on the regional capacity to meet people's needs in these key areas: medical, dental, psychiatric/behavioral health, residential, vocational/day services, transportation, and housing.

Please contact Judy Stych, Nurse Consultant, Southwest Regional Staff, Community Integration Initiative for more information about hosting an Oral Health Awareness Day at your Southwest Wisconsin facility: stychja@dhfs.state.wi.us or phone at 608-266-8783.

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