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For persons with severe disabilities that require specialized training and on-the-job support not possible in community workplace settings, we provide jobs in the social entrepreneurship businesses of our innovative Seguin Enterprises program. These businesses provide UCP Seguin with an earned income opportunity for sustaining our vocational training, community employment, and horticultural therapy programs. One such business is SEGUIN GARDENS & GIFTS.
SEGUIN GARDENS & GIFTS is a retail garden center and gift store, selling both indoor and outdoor plants, as well as other products (such as pots, mulch, small garden implements, potting soil) used in outdoor gardens and indoor plant maintenance. The store focus is on the do-it-yourself home gardener. Plants for sale range from annuals to perennials, seasonal vegetables to porch plants, herbs to hanging baskets. In addition SEGUIN GARDENS & GIFTS markets seasonally based product lines that capitalize on special holidays and seasonal events. The store offers a wide range of gift-giving merchandise, as well as providing hands-on garden-related classes to the community. SEGUIN GARDENS & GIFTS has a large greenhouse area to house its wide-ranging garden products.
SEGUIN GARDENS & GIFTS provides a state-of-the-art Horticultural Therapy program, which was designed for people with severe developmental disabilities, including those with multiple sensory and physical impairments as well as medical conditions. SEGUIN GARDENS & GIFTS, offers opportunities for vocational training as well as creating jobs for hard-to-employ adults with developmental disabilities. Additional benefits to participants include improved physical mobility, enhanced social skills, increased levels of relaxation and reduction of stress—and ultimately increased self-esteem and sense of self-worth from their involvement in the SEGUIN GARDENS & GIFTS project.
For more information, call Seguin Gardens & Gifts at 708.222.2772 or www.seguingardens.com .
5621 West 31st Street Cicero Illinois 60804 708.222.2772
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For adults with severe disabilities that require specialized training and on-the-job support not possible in community workplace settings, we provide jobs in the two social entrepreneurship businesses of our innovative Seguin Enterprises program. Seguin Enterprises provides UCPSeguin with an earned income opportunity for sustaining our vocational training, community employment, and horticultural therapy programs. One such business is the Seguin Auto Center.
All auto donation programs are not created equally. Your vehicle can do good when donated to the right organization. The Seguin Auto Center, an entrepreneurial business of UCP Seguin, is the exception to the rule in the world of auto donation programs. UCP Seguin does it the right way. Vehicle donations to UCP Seguin provide job opportunities to over 50 people with disabilities. Car sales, car washing, cashiering, marketing at car shows, and other duties keep UCP Seguin participants employed in an established community business.
UCP Seguin’s Auto Center guarantees a good experience when donating your vehicle and can ensure your donation directly benefits all of UCP Seguin’s programs and services.
Have a car you want to donate? Come to Seguin Auto Center located at Ogden and Central Avenues in Cicero. For more information, contact the Auto Center at 708.652.5037 or visit www.SeguinAuto.com
5601 W. Ogden Ave Cicero Illlinois 60804 708.850.CARS(2277)