Sharing the Journey June 2019 A Message from the Chief Executive Officer As I was thinking about what to write this month, this quote came to mind: “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” As CEO for more than 45 years, I can without a doubt say that this statement is absolutely TRUE! When I wake up in the morning, I look forward to the day ahead because I know that I will be doing something I love and when I lay down in the evening, I am grateful for all that has been accomplished; educational programs created, improving the quality of care and services; and using innovative technology to enhance the lives of those we serve. Certainly, there are struggles and conflicts that must be addressed and policies rewritten but knowing that together we have the ability to help others live life to their fullest potential, well that is what I love. When your career is also your passion, there are so many rewards, smiles, laughter, happy tears, making a difference, and the satisfaction of a job well done. Thank you for allowing me to do this job that I love!
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Sharing the JourneyJune 2019
A Message from the Chief Executive OfficerA s I w a s t h i n k i n g a b o u t w h a t t o w r i t e t h i s m o n t h , t h i s q u o t e c a m e t o m i n d : “C h o o s e a j o b y o u l o v e , a n d y o u w i l l n e v e r h a v e t o w o r k a d a y i n y o u r l i f e .” A s C E O f o r m o r e t h a n 4 5 y e a r s , I c a n w i t h o u t a d o u b t s a y t h a t t h i s s t a t e m e n t i s a b s o l u t e l y T R U E ! W h e n I w a k e u p i n t h e m o r n i n g, I l o o k f o r w a r d t o t h e d a y a h e a d b e c a u s e I k n o w t h a t I w i l l b e d o i n g s o m e t h i n g I l o v e a n d w h e n I l a y d o w n i n t h e e v e n i n g, I a m g r a t e f u l f o r a l l t h a t h a s b e e n a c c o m p l i s h e d ; e d u c a t i o n a l p r o g r a m s c r e a t e d , i m p r o v i n g t h e q u a l i t y o f c a r e a n d s e r v i c e s ; a n d u s i n g i n n o v a t i v e t e c h n o l o g y t o e n h a n c e t h e l i v e s o f t h o s e w e s e r v e . C e r t a i n l y, t h e r e a r e s t r u g g l e s a n d c o n f l i c t s t h a t m u s t b e a d d r e s s e d a n d p o l i c i e s r e w r i t t e n b u t k n o w i n g t h a t t o g e t h e r w e h a v e t h e a b i l i t y t o h e l p
o t h e r s l i v e l i f e t o t h e i r f u l l e s t p o t e n t i a l , w e l l t h a t i s w h a t I l o v e . W h e n y o u r c a r e e r i s a l s o y o u r p a s s i o n , t h e r e a r e s o m a n y r e w a r d s , s m i l e s , l a u g h t e r, h a p p y t e a r s , m a k i n g a d i f f e r e n c e , a n d t h e s a t i s f a c t i o n o f a j o b w e l l d o n e .
T h a n k y o u f o r a l l o w i n g m e t o d o t h i s j o b t h a t I l o v e !
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T h e g a n g f r o m A l b a n y N o r t h D a y C o m m u n i t y O p p o r t u n i t i e s Pr o g r a m i s s o e xc i t e d t o b e b a c k v o l u n t e e r i n g a t t h e i r f a v o r i t e p l a c e - T h e Wu n s a p a n a Fa r m - L l a m a s i n A l t a m o n t ! Lo o k i n g a t t h o s e a m a z i n g l l a m a f a c e s , w h o w o u l d n ' t b e h a p p y t h e r e ?
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M i k e M a j o r s w a s a p e t t y o f f i c e r t h i r d c l a s s i n t h e N a v y o n a n A i r C r a f t C a r r i e r i n t h e M i d d l e E a s t f r o m 2 0 0 8 t o 2 0 1 2 . H i s s e r v i c e t o o k h i m a r o u n d t h e w o r l d , m o s t n o t a b l y t o I r a q , I r a n , K u w a i t , D u b a i , a n d A f g h a n i s t a n . H i s c a r r i e r w a s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r b r i n g i n g M a r i n e s a n d A i r Fo r c e M e m b e r s t o a n d f r o m c o m b a t h o t z o n e s , a n d g i v i n g t r a n s p o r t t o s o l d i e r s w h o f e l l i n t h e l i n e o f d u t y. M i k e w a s a “C . S .” - a C u l i n a r y S p e c i a l i s t , h a v i n g t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f f e e d i n g t h e b o d i e s a n d s p i r i t s o f a l l t h e m i l i t a r y p e r s o n n e l o n t h e s h i p. M i k e s a w i t a l l , f r o m t h e a n x i e t y o f t h o s e p r e p a r i n g t o e n t e r i n t o a c o m b a t z o n e , t o t h e b a t t l e - s c a r r e d w e a r i n e s s o f t h o s e r e t u r n i n g f r o m a c t i v e d u t y. A s t h e s h i p’s c o o k h e w a s “ i n t h e m i d d l e o f e v e r y t h i n g b e c a u s e y o u h a v e t o t a k e c a r e o f e v e r y o n e o n t h a t s h i p.”
M i k e’s i n j u r y w a s c a u s e d , n o t b y h i s s e r v i c e , b u t t h e r e - e n t r y f r o m t h e s e r v i c e i n t o t h e c i v i l i a n w o r l d . H e h a d p l a n s f o r h i s l i f e a f t e r t h e s e r v i c e . S e t t l i n g d o w n w i t h h i s g i r l f r i e n d , g e t t i n g m a r r i e d , b u y i n g a h o u s e a n d o p e n i n g a r e s t a u r a n t w e r e f o r e m o s t o n h i s m i n d . I n s t e a d , h e r e t u r n e d t o f i n d h i s g i r l f r i e n d p r e g n a n t a n d e n g a g e d t o a n o t h e r g u y. D i s t r a u g h t , h e f o u n d h i m s e l f i n a d o w n w a r d s p i r a l o f d r i n k i n g a n d s m o k i n g h e a v i l y, w h i c h l e d t o a s t r o k e . H e s e e s i r o n y i n t h i s , s a y i n g “A f t e r a l l t h e h a r d s h i p I w e n t t h r o u g h i n t h e m i l i t a r y, g e t t i n g m y h e a r t b r o k e w a s t h e t h i n g t h a t b r o k e m e .”
M i k e c a m e t o L i v i n g R e s o u r c e s s h o r t l y a f t e r h i s s t r o k e t h r e e y e a r s a g o, p a r t i c i p a t i n g i n m a n y o f t h e p r o g r a m s d e s i g n e d t o a s s i s t p e o p l e r e c o v e r f r o m t h e i r t r a u m a t i c b r a i n i n j u r y. H e n o w c o n s i d e r s h i m s e l f a “g r a d u a t e” o f t h e p r o g r a m , b u t s t i l l e n j o y s c o m i n g t o t h e o f f i c e o n Fr i d a y s t o c a t c h u p w i t h h i s f r i e n d s o v e r a n i n f o r m a l b r u n c h . H e v o l u n t e e r s a t a n a f t e r s c h o o l p r o g r a m r u n t h r o u g h t h e S a l v a t i o n A r m y, d o i n g w h a t h e k n o w s b e s t - p r e p a r i n g m e a l s f o r c h i l d r e n s o t h a t t h e y c a n r e t u r n t o t h e i r h o m e s w e l l - n o u r i s h e d i n b o d y a n d s p i r i t . H i s n e w e s t g o a l i s t o g e t h i s d r i v e r ’s l i c e n s e . We a p p l a u d y o u , M i k e ! T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r s e r v i c e a n d s a c r i f i c e .
I n J a n u a r y 2 0 1 8 L i v i n g R e s o u r c e s w a s p r o u d t o h a v e b e e n a w a r d e d a c c r e d i t a t i o n t h r o u g h t h e C o u n c i l o f Q u a l i t y Le a d e r s h i p ( CQ L ) a t t h e Q u a l i t y A s s u r a n c e s l e v e l . CQ L i s a n o r g a n i z a t i o n o f d i s t i n c t i o n w h i c h r e c o g n i z e s a g e n c i e s t h a t d e m o n s t r a t e a c o m m i t m e n t t o p r o v i d i n g e xc e l l e n t s e r v i c e s a n d s u p p o r t s f o r p e o p l e w i t h d e v e l o p m e n t a l d i s a b i l i t i e s b y p r o v i d i n g o f f i c i a l a c c r e d i t a t i o n s t a t u s .
We w e r e p r o u d t o w e l c o m e t h e m b a c k t o o u r o f f i c e f o r a n a s s e s s m e n t o f t h e p r o g r e s s w e h a v e m a d e i n t h e p a s t 1 8 m o n t h s . T h e v i s i t i n v o l v e d f o c u s g r o u p s o f D i r e c t S e r v i c e Pr o v i d e r s a n d i n d i v i d u a l s w e s e r v e , a s w e l l a s h o u s e v i s i t s a n d o t h e r t o u c h p o i n t s . We a r e p r o u d t o r e p o r t t h a t t h e y h a v e f o u n d L i v i n g R e s o u r c e s t o h a v e s h o w e d 1 8 m o n t h s o f h a r d w o r k a n d c o n t i n u e d c o m m i t m e n t t o t h o s e i d e a l s , a n d t h a t t h e s p i r i t o f “p e o p l e f i r s t ” a n d p r i o r i t i z i n g i n d i v i d u a l h e a l t h a n d h a p p i n e s s i s p r e s e n t a t t h e a g e n c y.
We w i s h t o t h a n k B r i t t a n y C a r m e l , a s w e l l a s t h e e n t i r e Q u a l i t y A s s u r a n c e t e a m f o r a l l t h e i r h a r d w o r k a t f o s t e r i n g t h i s c u l t u r e a t L i v i n g R e s o u r c e s ! CQ L i s a c o n t i n u o u s g r o w t h j o u r n e y a n d n e w g o a l s w i l l b e f o r t h c o m i n g, s o s t a y t u n e d !
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L i v i n g R e s o u r c e s 7 0 B e e k m a n S t r e e t G a l l e r y w a s p a r t o f t h e 7 t h A n n u a l B e e k m a n S t r e e t A r t Fa i r o n S u n d a y, J u n e 9 t h . A r t i s t s a n d v e n d o r s l i n e d t h e s t r e e t a n d t h e g a l l e r y w a s f i l l e d w i t h p e o p l e .
G u e s t a r t i s t s M i r i a m R o m a i s a n d J e n Wo j t o w i c z i n t e r a c t e d w i t h t h e p u b l i c a n d B i a n c a D i l e l l a l e d w a t e r c o l o r p a i n t i n g a c t i v i t i e s . T h e s u n w a s s h i n i n g a n d i t w a s a g l o r i o u s d a y !
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T h i s p a s t s e m e s t e r a t T h e C o l l e g e o f S a i n t R o s e , o u r C o l l e g e E x p e r i e n c e s t u d e n t s f o r m e d a n LG B TQA + c l u b t h a t t h e y n a m e d R a i n b o w M o o n . T h i s o p e n g r o u p, i s a s a f e p l a c e f o r s t u d e n t s t o s p e a k a b o u t g e n d e r i s s u e s t h a t a f f e c t t h e m a n d t h e i r p e e r s . I t i s o r g a n i z e d b y C o l l e g e E x p e r i e n c e t u t o r G i l l i a n Fr i e d l a n d e r.
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L a s t s e m e s t e r R a i n b o w M o o n m a d e s i g n s t o h a n g u p i n d o r m s , h o s t e d a m o v i e n i g h t w h e r e t h e y w a t c h e d
“ T h e D a n i s h G i r l ,” b r a i n s t o r m e d i d e a s f o r t h e s u m m e r, d i d l o t s o f a r t s a n d c r a f t s , a n d g o t t o k n o w o n e a n o t h e r ! S o f a r t h i s s u m m e r, s t u d e n t s h a v e m a r c h e d i n t h e C a p i t a l P r i d e P a r a d e i n A l -b a ny a n d w i l l b e h o s t i n g a p i c n i c .
T h u s f a r, t h e y ’ v e c o v e r e d t o p i c s o n LG B TQA + t e r m i n o l o g y, c o m m o n s l a n g a n d h i s t o r y, r e c e n t l y d i s c u s s i n g S t o n e w a l l . T h e y h a v e a l s o e x p l o r e d LG B TQA + r e s o u r c e s i n t h e A l b a n y a r e a . We s t a n d w i t h y o u a s y o u l i v e a l i f e o f f u l f i l l m e n t !
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T h u r s d a y, J u l y 1 1 - L i v i n g R e s o u r c e s N i g h t w i t h t h e Va l l e y C a t s s t a r t i n g a t 7 : 0 0 p. m . S u p p o r t L i v i n g R e s o u r c e s b y j o i n i n g i n a f u n d r a i s e r w i t h t h e Va l l e y C a t s ! $ 1 0 P r e m i u m B ox Ti c k e t s . F i e l d o f D r e a m s N i g h t - B e s u r e t o w e a r y o u r f a v o r i t e b a s e b a l l j e r s e y. Po s t G a m e Fi r e w o r k s ! B u y t i c k e t s o n l i n e a t t c v a l l e y c a t s . c o m / l i v i n g r e s o u r c e s (G r o u p P a s s w o r d l i v i n g r e s o u r c e s ) o r c a l l o u r m a i n o f f i c e f o r d e t a i l s ( 5 1 8 ) 2 1 8 - 0 0 0 0 .
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