Media Coverage
August 30, 2019 | lubbockonline.com Community Options hires Maine as director Community Options Inc. has appointed Jennifer Maine as the associate executive director of the Lubbock region. Community Options is a nonprofit that serves over 3,500 people with developmental disabilities across 10 states by providing them with housing and employment services. In her role, Maine…
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President Trump kicked off his re-election campaign last month with a list of accomplishments, from the market rebound to unemployment being “the lowest it has been in 51 years.” According to a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) article, “With unemployment at a low, fewer people are looking for jobs. Many employers are having a…
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July 11, 2019 | morrisfocus.com | Parsippany Focus MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Freeholder Heather Darling visited the Daily Plan It in Morristown on Tuesday, July 9. The Daily Plan It is a business service provider offering mail and meeting room packages to businesses that do not need full-time dedicated office space. More importantly, while…
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July 1, 2019 | Community News Service Community News Service In a building where Town Topics newspaper was once produced, Aakash Kanjani does a little bit of everything at his job in a flower shop at 305 Witherspoon St. The doors opened in early June to Vaseful Flowers and Gifts, a store with flowers as…
Read More![Governor Greg Abbott, right, lives his life as an example for every other person with disabilities, Robert Stack writes. [RODOLFO GONZALEZ/for the AMERICAN-STATESMAN]](https://www.comop.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/10Jun_statesman.jpg)
June 24, 2019 | Austin American Statesman Governor Greg Abbott has no pity for persons with disabilities. Paradoxically, he is the only governor in the United States who has to use a wheelchair. Thirty-five years ago, while he was out for a run, an oak tree cracked and landed on him. Governor Abbott never wanted…
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June 5, 2019 | NJTVONLINE.ORG A ribbon-cutting at Vaseful Flower and Gifts in Princeton marks another opportunity for New Jerseyans with disabilities through the 30-year-old Community Options, which was established to develop housing and job supports for those with disabilities. Mary Santasine has worked at Vaseful for 10 years. She says she enjoys how she…
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Haldeman Subaru was able to share the love with a generous gift to the Princeton non-profit Community Options. The $30,116 gift was raised by the Hamilton Township dealership through the Share the Love campaign organized by the national company Subaru of America. “We are very excited that we are able to provide that level of…
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May 24, 2019 | centraljersey.com I never intended to go to the Community Options fundraising dinner on Thursday, May 9, under the big white tent on the lawn of McCarter Theatre. Years ago, I adopted a curmudgeon stance towards fundraisers, when I declared my boycott of all “typical” fundraising dinners that for the most part…
Read MoreMay 14, 2019 | centraljersey.com Community Options has been helping people with severe disabilities obtain housing and employment for 30 years. To celebrate the non-profit organizations achievements and growth through those years, officials held the annual fundraising gala in Princeton, where the national office is headquartered. “Tonight is so significant, it shows the support we…
Read MoreMay 3, 2019 | centraljersey.com Community Options Inc. will be celebrating the organization’s 30-year anniversary with a fundraising gala on the campus of Princeton University. The non-profit’s mission is to develop housing and employment for individuals with developmental disabilities, according to Community Options officials. The gala will take place on May 9 in the McCarter…
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