May Coop Clips

May Coop Clips
2008

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Special Dates & Info:

The Next Board of Directors Meeting will be held Wednesday,
May 21, 2008

Board Meeting Schedule 2007/2008

All Employee Orientation will be held on
Monday,
August 11, 2008
Watch for details!

You're Invited!

Please join us as we celebrate the Braun students' artistic achievements in the Annual Art Show to be held on May 14th, from 10am-3pm in the Learning Links. Come see how our students have used art over the course of the school year as a means of self-expression, creative enrichment, and a constructive way to manage emotions and behaviors.

BetterShredders is a document destruction service run by the students at Transition Maple Creek. For a reasonable fee, the students can shred your unwanted documents and materials. If you have items that need to be destroyed, please call Alison or Eileen at Transition Maple Creek, 444-0537 or 444-0539 for details.

Southwest Coop Trivia:

How old will the Coop be this Fall?

A) 49 years
B) 50 years
C) 30 years

Check for the answer in the next issue of Coop Clips.

Coop Headliners

From the Business Office....

Staff who waived medical and dental insurance coverage for the entire year, you will be receiving your Waiver Reimbursement in your May 15, 2008 paycheck.

Summer Payout Forms are now available on the website. The completed and signed Summer Payout form must be received in the Payroll Department by May 31, 2008 in order to be processed.

All Released Employees will automatically be paid out on June 13, 2008. All normal deductions including health/dental insurance if applicable (coverage will continue through August 31, 2008) will be deducted.

Transition Discovers It Pays to Go Green!

The students at Transition Maple Creek celebrated Earth Day by going Green! They recycled their plastic grocery bags at Jewel and received reusable green bags to use each time they shop for their groceries! This was done as a part of Transition’s ongoing recycling program, where the students learn the value of recycling aluminum cans, plastic bottles, paper, printer cartridges, cell phones, and other items commonly discarded.

Recently, they went bowling, paid for in part with the funds generated by our aluminum can recycling! It really pays to GO GREEN!

Braun Service Project Supports Our Troops

Classrooms at the Braun Educational Center have been busy working on an all school project to express their gratitude to our soldiers in VA hospitals or serving overseas. Students have been designing their own cards, writing letters, and composing poems thanking our servicemen and women. This project is being run by the students with minimal guidance from staff. Many thanks to all the Braun staff and especially to Ms. Egan, Ms. Vasquez, and Mrs. Reinke for making this project possible!

Summer Offerings Now Available
Summer Cooperative Development Programs and Workshops are now available on the Learning Links Registration page. Be sure to enter your Coop ID number so that you can check your registration.

New Version of Outlook Web Access Available Soon!

We recently upgraded our email server to a newer version of Outlook Web Access. The upgrade contains many improvements such as the ability to write rules, spell check and send and receive digitally signed and encrypted e-mail messages. This version will also perform faster, especially over slow connections to make it more user friendly. This upgrade also increases the the overall size of storage for items including email, contacts and calendar. New logon instructions will be sent soon!