Richmond workshop employees pack Missouri capitol for Day For Choice

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Richmond workshop employees pack Missouri capitol for Day For Choice

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Wearing their signature green t-shirts, Ray County A-Team representatives traveled to the capitol with Richmond nonprofit Ideal Industries Inc. (iii) staff alongside Missouri workshops employees Last week, the Missouri sheltered workshops supporters were at the Missouri capitol for the 2023 Day For Choice event in the Missouri Capitol Building. “Green is a signature color that allows us to be easily recognized around the nation,” mentioned iii Nonprofit Executive Director Heather Pugh. A highlight of the day was filing into the Missouri House balcony, before the state’s 163 representatives, introduced by District 7 State Representative Peggy McGaugh. The group also networked on the third-floor rotunda and visited several legislators in their offices, said Pugh. “Today, I want to welcome hundreds of A-Team members from Sheltered Workshops across the state to the Missouri Capitol. A-Team empowers people with disabilities and their family members to defend and protect the right to…

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