Finding your “dream job” can take time and effort, but the reward can be a “Golden Ticket.”

David is a highly respected advocate for disability rights, active in Green Mountain Self-Advocates (GMSA) and its CCS-hosted chapter, Champlain Voices.

“CCS is a place that I leave at the end of each day knowing I made an individual’s life just a little bit better. And they made my life just a little bit better.”

School2Work Youth Employment Specialist Liz Underwood met with Dino when he was still a student at Burlington High School, and looked for ways to target Dino’s personal career interests.

Would you believe me if I said my first day at CCS was the first day Vermont went into lockdown due to Covid 19 in 2020? Believe it; and I have not thought twice about it since the day I said, “Yes.” 

“The most powerful experiences in my life have been the ones that bring tears to my eyes; always involving making a connection with someone.”

Brent Hewey has been a vital part of CCS for more than a quarter century.

Although I’ve been involved with Bridging in some capacity each year since it started at CCS, I never imagined six years after being a student, I would become Bridging’s first ever Peer Mentor.