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Bourbonnais Friendship Festival announces Quality Concepts, LLC as 2010 Lead Sponsor
In June, 2010, the Quality Concepts Family of Companies hosted a Business After Hours at the Bourbonnais Friendship Festival. The event was held to benefit Starfish Family Homes, which is a foster group home that is committed to providing hope, love and safety to abused and neglected children in a stable Christian community, through physical, education, social and spiritual care.
Starfish Family Homes is a cause that our employees felt passionate about and generously volunteered their time and raised money on Starfish’s behalf. We are excited to share that our employees alone raised $4,190. With over 50 raffle prizes donated by local businesses and individuals, we were able to sell over 500 raffle tickets! The community also participated in the Dunk Tank with several area businesspeople “nominated” to get dunked for charity!
For more information about Starfish Family Homes please visit starfishhomes.org.
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Old Kroger now Camelot Therapeutic Day School
March 03, 2009 By Phil Angelo
pangelo@daily-journal.com
815-937-3382
Camelot Therapeutic Day School, the area's new specialized school for children with autism and social and emotional disabilities, is making a long-term commitment to stay in the community.
Principal Rodger Jones said Camelot has signed a 10-year lease agreement to move into the now empty site of the old Bourbonnais Kroger building, 650 Convent St. The school expects to be in the new facility by August. Owner Greg Yates said Camelot will lease 18,700 square feet of the facility, roughly half of the now vacant building, which will be turned into 10 classrooms. The parking area will also be overhauled, pulling up some of the asphalt and putting down grass, including a playground. Yates said the renovation of the site will cost $1.5 million.
"Obviously, what we want to do is to get away from the big-box look," he said. Yates said the August goal is achievable, but it will take a lot of cooperation between builders and the village planning staff. "The building is going to have a whole new appearance," Jones said, "and it will be an excellent facility for our staff and students."
Bourbonnais Mayor Paul Schore confirmed the agreement and praised Jeff Bennett of Bennett Commercial and owner Yates for working hard to make the plan a reality. "It's nice to see them (Camelot) come back to their first site choice," Schore said. "This will be an interesting project. Anytime you take an older, empty building, and transform it -- that's a plus for the community." Bennett said the village and its Planning Commission deserve credit for having the vision to see the building as something other than a retail use.
"It's important," Bennett said, "to have it look and feel like a school." He added that the project and the added hiring it will bring come at a good time for the community.
Kroger moved to its present location on Armour Road in November, 2007. For the current school year, Camelot had been temporarily housed in the First Church of the Nazarene, 100 N. Entrance Ave., Kankakee.
Jones said Camelot now has 30 students and a staff of 28. Jones said the new facility will allow them to expand, possibly reaching 100 students in years ahead. He is already looking to hire an additional five to seven teachers for next year.
Camelot students are the embodiment of educational law that requires every student to receive a free and appropriate education, no matter what challenges the student faces. The state reimburses most of the cost, as much as $74,000 for a child who may have multiple disabilities. The state also monitors the school's costs and budget.
In turn, the school provides intensive therapy, with a ratio of one full-time adult staff member for each child.
March 03, 2009 By Phil Angelo
pangelo@daily-journal.com
815-937-3382
Camelot Therapeutic Day School, the area's new specialized school for children with autism and social and emotional disabilities, is making a long-term commitment to stay in the community.
Principal Rodger Jones said Camelot has signed a 10-year lease agreement to move into the now empty site of the old Bourbonnais Kroger building, 650 Convent St. The school expects to be in the new facility by August. Owner Greg Yates said Camelot will lease 18,700 square feet of the facility, roughly half of the now vacant building, which will be turned into 10 classrooms. The parking area will also be overhauled, pulling up some of the asphalt and putting down grass, including a playground. Yates said the renovation of the site will cost $1.5 million.
"Obviously, what we want to do is to get away from the big-box look," he said. Yates said the August goal is achievable, but it will take a lot of cooperation between builders and the village planning staff. "The building is going to have a whole new appearance," Jones said, "and it will be an excellent facility for our staff and students."
Bourbonnais Mayor Paul Schore confirmed the agreement and praised Jeff Bennett of Bennett Commercial and owner Yates for working hard to make the plan a reality. "It's nice to see them (Camelot) come back to their first site choice," Schore said. "This will be an interesting project. Anytime you take an older, empty building, and transform it -- that's a plus for the community." Bennett said the village and its Planning Commission deserve credit for having the vision to see the building as something other than a retail use.
"It's important," Bennett said, "to have it look and feel like a school." He added that the project and the added hiring it will bring come at a good time for the community.
Kroger moved to its present location on Armour Road in November, 2007. For the current school year, Camelot had been temporarily housed in the First Church of the Nazarene, 100 N. Entrance Ave., Kankakee.
Jones said Camelot now has 30 students and a staff of 28. Jones said the new facility will allow them to expand, possibly reaching 100 students in years ahead. He is already looking to hire an additional five to seven teachers for next year.
Camelot students are the embodiment of educational law that requires every student to receive a free and appropriate education, no matter what challenges the student faces. The state reimburses most of the cost, as much as $74,000 for a child who may have multiple disabilities. The state also monitors the school's costs and budget.
In turn, the school provides intensive therapy, with a ratio of one full-time adult staff member for each child.