National Success Stories

Although there are many successes to share, please enjoy these and consider how these experiences can transfer into successes for your business.

Walgreens Company

Walgreens Initiative for Employing People with Disabilities (http://www.walgreensoutreach.com/DCs/areYou.html) Five years ago Walgreens sought to build a new generation of retail distribution centers with two objectives: (1) to be amongst the most efficient in the world and (2) to utilize people with disabilities for 30% of its workforce. Since then Walgreens has opened two to these with spectacular an surprising results. Mr. Randy Lewis shares the Walgreens story on how this initiative has changed Walgreens and how they are helping other companies to do the same. Several videos to view.

Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young – Bringing People Together (http://www.ey.com/US/en/About-us/Our-people/About-Us-Our-people-disabilities)

Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company

An example of assisting job seekers with disabilities in the online job search process (https://www.wachovia.com/foundation/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=7814defbe9e92210VgnVCM100000617d6fa2RCRD&vgnextfmt=default)