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Refugees Happy to Better Cave Spring By Brian Lee Employment Team Leader for the Refugee Department at Catholic Charities, Jasmine Baudler, assists refugees with finding stable employment and also engaging them in community outreach to try and build partnerships with employers. She and The Learning
workplace topics to prepare for their employment in the United States and are essentially helped to be integrated into American society. Job Day classes are to ensure that they have a comprehensive understanding of how to seek employment and how to sustain their job in their new home. “Our refugees primarily come from
Center Coordinator, Kasey Featherston, facilitate a Job Day Class where refugees learn different
Iraq, Eritrea, Nepal, and Burma where participating in an interview, building up references, or
creating a resume is non-existent. These components that our innate for US Citizens when finding employment are completely foreign to them. Refugees face multiple barriers when entering the US and our agency works hard to make sure employment is not one of them” she states. Recently, they have incorporated Job Day Activities where they go out into the community and volunteer to gain reliable references. This will help individuals receive employment faster if they have connections within the community who can commend their work ethic. Who would recommend refugees for a job and how would they even know if they are commendable? That brings us to Cave Spring Park. Jasmine recently teamed up with Al Maddox, director of the park, and Iz Grossman who works for the betterment of the park, when she discovered they needed labor workers to do some park clean up. The refugee workers do volunteer labor as part of their integration program. 15 to 25 people are in each class in the program. The Refugee workers contribution includes picking up trash, clearing trail paths, painting, and cleaning up sites. “Once they know what to do, get out of their way! They really work hard and do a good job,” says Al Maddox. When the refugees arrive they ask via translators what skills they already possess. Turns out a couple of them have carpentry skills and have been assigned to start building bridges for the new one-mile long trail that will cross streams in the park. Al
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Raytown Educational Foundation To Benefit From Auction Proceeds On Friday April 24, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. an enormous stately 6,100 square foot manor on 10 acres of land and a 4-acre shared lake will be put up for auction to the highest bidder. Owners, Chris and Stacey Payne (purchasers of the old YMCA building and multiple Raytown properties), intend on donating 100% of the proceeds to three charities: Raytown Educational Foundation to fund a scholarship, Midwest Animal ResQ, and Camp Quality USA, a community-based outreach support program for children with cancer and their families. This act of generosity will not
only provide a financial boost to the said non-for-profit organizations but the auction provides a unique opportunity to gain what would normally be an unaffordable estate at a fraction of the price. While in need of updating and structural repairs, the colonial home has 6100 square feet of above grade finished living area, five bedrooms and seven baths. Central to the main level is a stunning 1200 squarefoot, 2-story great room with a vaulted ceiling, a striking floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, and access to a beautiful portico courtyard. Also on the main
level are a formal living room and dining room, large eat-inkitchen with tiled floors, and a study with built-in bookcases. The master suite includes a sitting room and updated bath with whirlpool tub. The open upper level overlooks the great room and features a second master or guest suite with full bath and private balcony overlooking the back
courtyard. Three additional bedrooms (one with a balcony), two full baths, loft area, and a bonus room complete the upper floor. The spacious finished basement adds even more finished living area. The large recreation room has a full service bar, built-in bookcases, and a brick fireplace. The lower level also offers a summer kitchen, full
bath, half bath, cedar closet and lots of additional storage. The attached three-car garage provides plenty of space for your vehicles as well as storage. The detached two-story outbuilding with garage allows space for another car or truck, lawn equipment and more! Continued on page 2