COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Promoting Dignity and Worth of Individuals with Disabilities and/or Disadvantages Valley Packaging Industries, Inc. is a positive difference maker in the Fox Cities communities VPI is a community rehabilitation center that provides a variety of education, human services, and vocational skills training to Fox Valley residents. With the belief that those with special needs and/or disadvantaged circumstances can lead more independent lives, VPI was created over 60 years ago with parents of people with disabilities, local manufacturers, educators, and human service providers. They operate two production facilities that provide custom packaging and manufacturing services to local manufacturers in order to provide funding and a training platform for many of its vocational skills training client programs and disadvantaged employees. By consistently meeting clients’ needs, VPI has grown into the successful service organization it is today with a uniquely blended workforce that educates and integrates hundreds of individuals with disabilities with technically trained production workers and provides stand alone programs for those in extreme need.
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Fox Cities BUSiNESS I Winter 2019 I Community Spotlight
What does VPI offer businesses? Known for affordable pricing, consistent quality and on-time delivery of their contract packaging and assembly projects, Valley Packaging has earned a strong reputation with its manufacturing-related customers.
How does the community benefit? When you partner with Valley Packaging, you provide extensive rehabilitation and vocational services for those with disabilities or disadvantages in the greater Fox Valley community.
How does VPI do it?
To help individuals develop “Skills for Work, Success for Life,� Valley Packaging offers a variety of rehabilitation and vocational skills training services and employment opportunities to those with disabilities and/or disadvantages.
