Graduation!

Our first cohort (sometimes referred to as our test subjects) graduated! It was great to see people who have already moved out, and congratulate them on their hard work. Thank you to the parents who supported all of us as we embarked on this adventure to learn and grow together! And thanks to Kristy Chambers, our CEO, and all of our executives and our board for endless support of our program and students.

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Canning Peaches

Peaches, Peaches, Peaches! We have a new partnership with the Utah Food Bank. They sent us a couple of boxes of peaches, and we taught the students how to preserve them. We also made peach and pepper sauce! Who knew that preserving fruit could be fun?

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Halloween at NextWork

We love celebrating Halloween here! On the Thursday before Halloween, we had a party for our Thursday activity night. On the actual holiday, we had lunch at the main Columbus center down the street from our location. Our staff won an award for our themed costumes. 🙂

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Summer at NextWork

Cycling and arrows at NAC! Oh, My! We had a fun, busy summer! We are out in the community much more often now, and the students are loving it! We had a physical activity class on Wednesdays during summer term, and spent half of the term at the National Ability Center in Park City. We have explored parks, malls, and ridden Trax about as far as it will go. Here are some fun photos from the National Ability Center.

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