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Dominique Jones – Artist Draws on a Lifetime of Creativity

Posted In: AbilityOne/Source America, Competitive Integrated Employment, Custodial Services, Quality Of Life

June 28, 2024

Dominique recalls becoming interested in art back in elementary school. In middle school, he and some friends got into Anime, and he began drawing various characters. While in high school, he and a classmate/fellow artist met and became good friends. Dominique says that his friend taught him a number of sculpting and shading techniques that…

Veteran Brings Message of Healing

Posted In: 3PL and Fulfillment, AbilityOne/Source America, Competitive Integrated Employment, Quality Of Life

June 3, 2024

Prior to beginning his career at Peckham, where he’s worked as a 3PL Materials Handler for six years, Abel’s life was anything but easy. During an eight-year stint in the Marine Corps, he was deployed to and spent a year in Iraq. After returning to civilian life, Abel found steady employment at a steel plant…

Peter Scray | Uncrushable Attitude, Endless Gratitude

Posted In: AbilityOne/Source America, Call Center Services, Competitive Integrated Employment, Disability Advocacy

March 18, 2024

Peter Scray, a customer service representative at Peckham’s London, Kentucky location, began his working career miles away — figuratively and literally — from his current position. 10 years ago, as a store manager for Sam’s Club, Peter ran a $83 million facility and was responsible for 480 employees. To discover how he transitioned to his…

Terra Sulcer – Finding Accommodating Work

Posted In: AbilityOne/Source America, Manufacturing

January 25, 2024

Prior to beginning her career at Peckham, Terra had a hard time finding a job that fit her circumstances, which included being a single mom with three children. Stints as a cashier at gas stations and Sears provided neither the income nor fulfillment she needed. Things changed for the better when, while on probation, she…

Peckham’s Season of Giving

Posted In: AbilityOne/Source America, Quality Of Life, Services and Programs, Upward Mobility & Advancement

December 19, 2023

Peckham Giving Contributes $28K to Community Each year during the holiday season, Peckham commits to contributing resources and funds to support underserved individuals and families. This season, Peckham staff and board raised more than $28,000 to contribute to families in need; not only team members working at Peckham but veteran, and other underserved individuals…

Embracing Professional Development Leads to Career Shift at Peckham

Posted In: AbilityOne/Source America, Call Center Services, Competitive Integrated Employment, Upward Mobility & Advancement

June 21, 2023

Peckham’s team members provide essential products and services to government and commercial customers through our five lines of business. Some of our team members may have qualifying disabilities or barriers to employment and participate in paid job training programs. Staff positions play supportive roles to our team members. At Peckham, we firmly believe in creating…

Battle-Tested Vet Scores Big Working in 3PL and Fulfillment Services

Posted In: 3PL and Fulfillment, AbilityOne/Source America, Disability Advocacy, Quality Of Life

May 18, 2023

3PL and Fulfillment Services forklift operator Dale Hatfield’s childhood prepared him for a military career. Not because his father was in the armed services, but because by the time Dale was nine years old, he, one of his brothers, and father had moved many times. During his teens, Dale explained that “I was constantly in…

Stephanie Ethington – Managing a Positive Change

Posted In: 3PL and Fulfillment, AbilityOne/Source America, Competitive Integrated Employment, Vocational Rehabilitation

February 24, 2023

Stephanie’s previous job driving a forklift in a large warehouse was satisfying, but their performance point standard put a lot of pressure on her to complete work that she wasn’t necessarily well trained on. As a result, they parted ways, and she was without meaningful employment for an extended period. That all changed in 2015…

Three Degrees of Inspiration

Posted In: AbilityOne/Source America, Call Center Services, Competitive Integrated Employment, Upward Mobility & Advancement

January 3, 2023

Fifteen years ago, if you’d have asked Bernedette Jackson, a CSR in Phoenix, what she would be doing today, she certainly wouldn’t have said it would involve helping customers in a call center. Why? Because Bernedette has earned three degrees (her B.A., M.A. and Doctorate) in the field of education and assumed that her work…

MSU researchers partner to advance disability inclusion

Posted In: AbilityOne/Source America, Disability Advocacy, News

December 14, 2022

Faculty at Michigan State University are partnering to advance disability inclusion and create an improved future of work. A team of experts from MSU’s Broad College of Business, College of Engineering and College of Education have been awarded a three-year, $400,000 Strategic Partnership Grant from the MSU Foundation to develop solutions to employ people with…

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