Breaking barriers : DRS employee online news and information, 06/11/2013 v.2 no.11

              OK DRS Breaking Barriers - Volume 2, Edition 11 - June 11, 2013
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Disaster continued Tell Us What YOU Think
VR/VS open disaster relief
location following May 19-20
tornados
When disaster struck on May 19 and 20, 24 Oklahomans lost their
lives, 237 were injured and 3,397 homes and business were
destroyed or damaged.
VR Program Manager Jan Hatch stepped up to answer the question,
“What can DRS do to make a difference?”
Hatch asked her pastor for a list of disaster relief locations, which
led her to set up a VR/VS table at St. Andrews Methodist Church
over the Memorial Day weekend that stayed open through May 31.
“Our goal was to help former and potential clients who lost their
place of employment or now have disabilities that were not present
before the recent severe weather,” she said.
Graduation continued→ Tell Us What YOU Think
Seniors, OSB/OSD staff,
families celebrate 2013
graduation
“Keep calm and carry on” was the message on the program cover
for 21 graduates who marched solemnly across the stage at
Oklahoma School for the Deaf on May 22.
The next day, May 23, seven Oklahoma School for the Blind seniors
climbed the stairs for the last time and turned to smile at family
and friends completely filling the historic auditorium.
Every graduate was beaming. The only people shedding a few tears
seemed to be staff and superintendents.