ACLD hosts annual Employment Recognition Breakfast

Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities held its 31st annual Employment Recognition Breakfast at Carlyle on the Green in Farmingdale recently, where an employee from The Home Depot in East Meadow was honored with a special award.

Michael Finn, a cart attendant at the home improvement store, was presented with ACLD’s Vocational Achievement Award, which recognizes individuals with disabilities for their professional accomplishments.

ACLD, a leading Long Island based not-for-profit agency supporting people with developmental disabilities, hosts the breakfast ceremony each year to honor employees with special needs who have made notable achievements on the job. The ceremony also salutes businesses that are committed to hiring people with disabilities and encourages other businesses to do the same because as Jeanie Shelton-Clyne, ACLD’s assistant director of vocational services said, “it’s what people can do that matters.”

“ACLD has been, continues to be, and will remain committed to helping the people we support pursue their dreams of meaningful, sustainable employment,” said Rich Breuninger, first vice president of the ACLD Board of Trustees. “ACLD is dedicated to identifying successful employment solutions for people with developmental disabilities.”

Nearly 150 people, representing many of the more than 100 Long Island companies ACLD’s Vocational Program partners with, attended the event.