Venture Together Honors Dr. King

Venture Together CEO Matt Shelley and Just-A-Buck Store Manager Calin Etienne VT Board President Dario Mazurek with MLK Day poster contest winner. Venture Together held its annual In Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. event on January 30, 2023. This was the first in-person, agency-wide event we’ve held since 2020, and it was exciting…

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A Memo from Matt – September 2022

Dear Venture Together Family, Happy Fall! It was a busy summer at Venture Together—our ‘Camp Venture’ season was a huge success, due in part to the remarkable renovations funded by the Venture Foundation, that have transformed our North Campus into a true recreation destination. Our DSP Recruitment & Retention Project has been active holding job…

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Executive Team on Tour

Recently, the Venture Together Executive Team began their annual “listening tour,” making visits to all of the agency’s Residential and Day Program sites to meet with staff in order to provide updates on important agency issues, and listening to their thoughts, concerns, and ideas. Our Executive Team members have divided up the agency’s nearly 40…

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Venture Together Happenings

Venture Inn’s Anatole “DJ” Dumerjean helping out at a local foodbank. Kathy W. snags a foul ball at a NY Boulders game. Amanda showing off her musical chops. Venture U chillin’ at Rockland Lake. Jillian joined us at the Nyack Street Fair to entertain the crowds. Terra Saad (right), is a proud graduate of Leadership…

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DSP Month 2022

September is Direct Support Professional Month at Venture Together, and we’re celebrating all the amazing staff who keep us running! Noreen Pforte remembers her job interview at Venture Together’s Murphy House some 35 years ago – she was attending St. Thomas Aquinas College, and went with friends who had heard Venture was hiring. During the…

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The New Camp Venture

The North Campus Recreation Revitalization project, in conjunction with Venture Together and with oversight and funding by the Venture Foundation, has transformed Venture’s Summer Camp grounds in Stony Point into an innovative, state-of-the-art recreational center that will be utilized for our Summer Camp and by people of all abilities. https://youtu.be/OeRiAuYMU2Ehttps://youtu.be/dD2l-jAGnvMhttps://youtu.be/3RJTNEM8Y0o

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DSP Recruitment & Retention Project

Dear Venture Together Family: These days, attracting, hiring, and retaining great talent is an issue facing every employer, especially as staffing shortages spread across almost every industry in the country. The significant challenges of the labor market and the DSP staffing crisis, exacerbated by the Covid-19 public health emergency, have materially impacted Venture Together’s ability…

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Our Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer  Venture Together is committed to equal opportunity to all employees and applicants or other covered persons regardless of race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, creed, age, religion (or lack thereof) including attire, clothing or facial hair worn in accordance with…

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Agency Update from our CEO, May 2022

Venture Together CEO Matthew Shelley May 24, 2022 Dear Venture Together Family: I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the emerging Spring weather. It’s been a while since we’ve provided a written staff update. We would like to share information on what’s happening at Venture Together. I am happy to report that we are…

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