Project Bridges

Project Bridges

Project Bridges

Students Frank and Evelyn with employer Epicurean Feast


Goals and Philosophy

Project Bridges is an experience-based learning program that offers students with disabilities opportunities to examine work environments at community worksites for up to one semester at a time. Students are transported by school van to off-campus worksites, where they are assisted by job coaches or community employers. Students use this opportunity to explore realistic career options.

Project Bridges helps students develop:

  • effective communication skills

  • positive relationships with supervisors and co-workers

  • good work habits and attitudes

  • improved self-esteem

  • options for future career paths

Program Opportunities

Students participate in an array of vocational experiences that help them to identify their interests and strengths while developing their skills and general knowledge of the world of work.  Students may work in such settings as banks, department stores, hospitals, nursing homes, day care centers, greenhouses and/or cafeterias. This exposure to a wide variety of work settings enables students to find the types of work and environment that best match their interests and skills.

Project Bridges

Brendon working at Commodore Builders

  

 

Project Bridges Employers in 2010

Boston Marriott Hotel – Burlington

Brookhaven at Lexington – Lexington

Buddy Dog Humane Society – Sudbury

Cambridge Public Library – Cambridge

Commodore Builders – Newton

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park – Lincoln

Eastern Mountain Sports – Acton

Epicurean Feast – Maynard

HomeGoods – Bedford

HomeGoods - Reading

Lahey Clinic - Lexington

Lexington Health Care – Lexington

Lexington Senior Center – Lexington

L.L. Bean - Burlington

Magic Garden Children’s Center - Lincoln

Mahoney’s Rocky Ledge – Winchester

McWalter, Barron & Boisvert, P.C. – Concord

Newton-Wellesley Hospital - Newton

Petco - Burlington

Sancta Maria Nursing Facility - Cambridge

Seasons Four – Lexington

Simpson Gumpertz & Heger - Waltham

T.J. Maxx – Acton

 T.J. Maxx – Bedford

Trader Joe’s – Acton (Weekly donation of flowers)

VA Hospital – Bedford

Wagon Wheel Nursery and Farm Stand – Lexington (Weekly donation of flowers)

Waltham Community Day Center - Waltham

Waltham Crossings – Waltham

Waltham Museum - Waltham

Waltham Police Department – Waltham

Xerox Corporation – Waltham

 

For more information about
Project Bridges, contact:

Molly Stone
Employment Transition Coordinator

mstone@cotting.org
Phone: (781) 862-7323 ext. 154
Fax: (781) 861-1179