EMPOWER a Newsletter for Family & Friends 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT
EMPOWER A newsletter for family & friends 2013-14 ANNUAL REPORT Time to smell the roses Turnstone's tireless leader for the past two decades is preparing to enjoy some well-deserved rest and relaxation. ............................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................ Nancy Louraine, who‘s been at the Turnstone State Developmental Center, where she helm during a time of unprecedented growth, managed a variety of services. will step back from her executive director ”Working with people with disabilities isn‘t duties on January 30. But that won‘t mark the something I chose to do—I just fell into it,” end of her work—she‘s just catching her Nancy recalls. ”At the time, I just needed a second wind. job. Now, 40 years later, I can‘t imagine a ”First, I‘m going to take a little break,” Nancy more rewarding career.” says. ”I‘m not sure what I‘m going to do then, Nancy, who‘s gone back to school to earn but I think there‘s another stage for me out bachelor‘s and master‘s degrees, joined there. I have other interests I‘d like to pursue. I Turnstone as assistant director in 1990. She hope to continue to help make a difference in knew right away that she was in her element. the community.” ”Within two weeks, I knew that I‘d found the And what a difference she‘s already made. A place I wanted to be,” Nancy says. ”It was farm girl and Woodlan High School graduate, during the annual holiday party when families Nancy began what would become a 40-year come together, and there‘s dining and career in working on behalf of people with dancing.
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