by orioniso | Sep 20, 2008 | News
RIVER OF HOPE VOLUNTEERS DROVE THREE VANS THROUGH THE SIX TO NINE INCHES OF WATER ON THE FLOODED ROADS AND MADE THEIR WAY TO ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NEW ORLEANS Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana was hit hard by Hurricane Gustav on September 1, 2008. The people...
by orioniso | Sep 11, 2008 | News
ON THIS TRIP, THE FOCUS WAS ON WINONA AND LEWISTON, MINNESOTA AND RECONSTRUCTION. OUR EFFORTS WERE GUIDED BY LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES DISASTER SERVICES, WHO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE VOLUNTEER EFFORTS IN THE REGION. Headwaters Relief Organization returned to South...
by orioniso | Aug 20, 2008 | News
ORION ASSOCIATES, MERIDIAN SERVICES AND ZENITH SERVICES STRIVE TO CREATE A WORK ENVIRONMENT THAT IS FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING TOWARDS ITS EMPLOYEES AND SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR PERSONAL LIVES. Orion Associates, Meridian Services and Zenith Services strive to create a work...
by orioniso | Jul 20, 2008 | News
THE EVENT WAS DESIGNED TO HELP AND SUPPORT, NOT ONLY THOSE WHO WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN A TRAUMATIC EVENT, BUT THOSE WHO WERE INDIRECTLY INVOLVED, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HELPED OTHERS OR HAD A LOVED ONE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN AN EVENT. Headwaters Relief Organization hosted...
by orioniso | Jul 2, 2008 | News
IN RESPONSE TO THIS DISASTER, HEADWATERS RELIEF ORGANIZATION CALLED FOR VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZED SIX TRIPS WITH A TOTAL OF FIFTY VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE OF THEIR TIME, ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF CEDAR RAPIDS, FROM LATE JUNE THROUGH THE END OF JULY. On...
by orioniso | Nov 20, 2005 | News
WHILE WE WERE IN NEW ORLEANS IN NOVEMBER, WE WORKED DIRECTLY WITH PEOPLE IN THE NINTH WARD, ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS OF THE CITY. Orion Associates, Meridian Services, and Zenith Services sent thirty-five employees and volunteers to New Orleans’ Ninth Ward to help...
by orioniso | Nov 2, 2005 | News
THE EVENT PROVIDED OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR CONSUMERS AND FAMILIES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAMPLE FOODS FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THE CULTURES FROM WHICH WE ALL COME, AND TO HAVE A GREAT TIME TOGETHER AS WE CELEBRATED OUR...
by orioniso | Oct 20, 2005 | News
WHILE SHE WAS WORKING IN THE NINTH WARD, SHE MET PASTOR WARREN JONES, A MAN WHO HAD STAYED BEHIND TO WATCH OVER AND CARE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HIS DEVASTATED PARISH. SHE WAS DEEPLY INSPIRED BY THIS MAN’S TIRELESS FAITH. REBECCA OBSERVED THAT RESOURCES WERE NOT COMING TO...
by orioniso | Feb 20, 2005 | News
WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR ORGANIZATION TO EXAMINE THE CULTURAL AND INDIVIDUAL PRACTICES OF THE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES TO WHOM WE PROVIDE SERVICES AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUALS WITH WHOM WE WORK EVERY DAY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CULTURE IS COMPLEX AND INCLUDES...
by orioniso | Jan 20, 2005 | News
WE ARE NOW WIDELY RECOGNIZED BY OUR STAKEHOLDERS AS A PROVIDER OF QUALITY SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. January 2005 marks our organization’s twenty-fifth anniversary! Marya Hage founded Meridian Services, the company that began our organization,...
