People With Disabilities Learn Of Job Opportunities At Fair

People with disabilities learn of job opportunities at fair ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The Orangeburg County Disabilities and Special Needs Board recently presented its consumers with an opportunity to learn more about community services, their rights as contributing citizens and ways they can become gainfully employed. Consumers gathered at the OCDSNB office on Magnolia Street for an Educational Fair, which included participation by the Orangeburg Department of Public Safety, the Orangeburg Area Boys and Girls Club, the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service-Savannah River and Orangeburg County Relay for Life. Anthony Rauch, a behavioral consultant with the OCDSNB, presented consumers with information on voting, health and other rights. Tammy Terrell Robinson, a public affairs specialist with the USDA Forest Service-Savannah River, said she did not let being legally blind deter her goals. Laura Washington, executive director of the Orangeburg Area Boys and Girls Club, said advised consumers about volunteer opportunities designed to enrich the lives of 6- to 18-year-olds. Frank Williams, who's in the OCDSNB's enclave program, provides janitorial services at the Orangeburg County Library and the Orangeburg County Clemson Extension Office. Jacki Thomas, a breast cancer survivor who represented the Orangeburg County Relay for Life at the fair, offered a message of hope and survival to the consumers. Relay for Life is the American Cancer's signature fundraising event, with the local event scheduled on April 28 at the Orangeburg County Fairgrounds. Shardonay Morgan, a senior social work major at South Carolina State University who interns at the OCDSNB, came up with the idea of having an educational fair as her school macro project.