Achieve participants have been busy making greeting cards that are available for purchase. There are several designs to choose from and the designs are copies of artwork created by Achieve Services Participants and then printed on recycled file folders (we've gone green).

Cards can be viewed and purchased in the front office of Achieve Services, Inc. for $1.00 each.

All proceeds go back to the participants and the card making business.

• Achieve Participant Starts Disc Repair Business

There is nothing new about going into business for yourself. Likewise, the idea of people with disabilities having careers and working at real jobs is concept that most people are familiar with. Combine the two, however, and you do have something cutting edge.

Meet Kevin Carlson, an Achieve participant, entrepreneur and cutting edge type of guy.

Carlson recently opened his own business, called KC’s Disc Repair. He is able to repair CD’s, DVD’s and game system discs that are scratched or damaged.

Carlson operates a machine called a Disc-Go-Pod, which uses a special cleaning solution as well as rotation to resurface the shiny part of discs. Carlson can repair discs with light damage, such as small hairline scratches to heavy damage that runs deep from something like a knife or screwdriver.
The machine uses a special cleaning solution along with the rotation of the disc to resurface the shiny part of the discs, allowing them to work like new.

“There are actually four layers to discs,” explained Jim Rooker, program manager and member of the CEO group. “The digitalized information is on the layer closest to the top, allowing the Disc-Go-Pod to polish the damaged bottom layer to remove scratches and return the disc to working condition.”

If you have scratched discs (and who doesn’t) you may want to get a spot in Carlson’s repair schedule. Once word gets out that this entrepreneur is on the job, spots are sure to fill up fast. Carlson charges just $3.00 for each disc repaired. For more information, or to schedule disc repairs, contact Jim Rooker at Achieve: 763-783-4909.

• Recent Corporate Donations

Mike Baker, Jeremy Welke, and Gene Gerdesmeier of UPS present Rick Bro with a donation check to Achieve Services.  Achieve Services was awarded the grant to improve it's sensory room for participant use with the purchase of new equipment. Thank you UPS!!

Achieve Services, Inc. is awarded a grant from Sam's Club and their parent company, Wal-Mart.