TechConnect Ohio Giving Back to Project SEARCH As Part Of Their October Career Events
TechConnect will donate a portion of their event sponsorships to Project SEARCH. Project SEARCH helps to provide education and training to young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

COLUMBUS, OH, September 26, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- TechConnect will donate a portion of their event sponsorships to Project SEARCH. Project SEARCH helps to provide education and training to young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

TechConnect Ohio's prime objective is to advance Ohio's tech initiatives, promote available jobs and to help experienced tech professionals, recent graduates and interns find and secure employment. Thanks to the financial support of our fall sponsors:

Northwoods: http://www.teamnorthwoods.com/careers/
TDCI: http://www.tdci.com/about/current-opportunities.html
Oxford Consulting: http://www.oxford-consulting.com/positions.html
Manta: http://www.manta.com/coms2/page_about_manta_employment
NetJets: http://www.netjets.com/footer_content/careers.asp
Worthpoint: http://www.worthpoint.com/careers
NuGrowth Technologies: http://www.nugrowthtechnologies.com/

To sponsor this event, gain access to qualified job seekers and help give back sponsor today. Learn more at: http://www.techconnectohio.com

We also have to thanks our commmunity partners. This event would not be possible without them. They include: Minds On, Inc., eEvent, NetIP Columbus, TechColumbus, Hoggy's Restaurants and Catering, TechLife, Worthington Career Services and Columbus State Community College.

TechConnect Ohio has selected Project SEARCH as our Community Cause for our Fall 2011 event series. Project SEARCH is a High School Transition Program for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. According to Susie Rutkowski, Co-Director of Project SEARCH, "It's a unique and highly effective one year school-to-work program that takes place entirely in host businesses. The goal for each student participant is competitive employment."

Project SEARCH is an international program model that was developed by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center's Disability Services Department, which continues to lead through program replication. "I had the opportunity to meet the team, tour a host site, sit in on the training programs and meet the students and employed graduates while touring Cincinnati Children's Hospital," says Dan Harris, Co-Founder of TechConnect Ohio. "The program, people and the results speak for themselves. I had to find a way to help this organization and this cause."

If you or your organization would like to donate to this cause, tour a program or learn how to become a host company, visit the Project SEARCH website at http://www.projectsearch.us/ or you can contact the team via e-mail at projectsearch@cchmc.org.

For more information, contact Dan Harris via phone at (740) 417-0500 or via e-mail at dan.harris@techconnectohio.com . To sponsor this event, contact Jodi Hoye at (614) 406-8911 or via e-mail at jodi.hoye@techconnectohio.com.

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Dan Harris
(740) 417-0500
dan.harris@techconnectohio.com

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