The Baddour Center Inc

Vocational services:1. The vocational services division provides residents and day clients work opportunities in hand-packaging, display assembly, custom fulfillment, greenhouse/nursey work, grounds maintenance and garden center retail/customer services. Through these jobs, the residents gain both skills and confidence and earn a paycheck.2. Each resident receives the individualized resources and training necessary to learn new job skills, develop job keeping skills, meet challenges and be productive.

Community life:1. The community life division plays a key role in residents' lives and is made of five major departments. Since the baddour center was founded on christian principles and continues to be affiliated with the united methodist church. Residents participate in spiritual growth programs, chapel and other activities in the spiritual growth department. A weekly prayer list is also published.2. The physical fitness department creates a personal exercise program for each resident, including cardiovascular and strength-building exercises. This department also offers intramural and special olympics.3. The recreation department provides residents opportunities to participate in a variety of on- and off-campus leisure activities. The goals of this program are to help the residents develop appropriate social skills and to provide activities that are fun and entertaining.4. The performing and creative arts (pca) department offers classes in art, music, mime/lyrical dance (hearts in motion - him), puppetry, drama, literature, voice and a variety of other arts and crafts venues.5. Last but certainly not least, the miracles, the baddour center's nationally recognized resident choir and the miracles encore, a small group ensemble, makes up the final area of community life. Their ministry is to glorify god, demonstrate the abilities of persons with intellectual disabilities and tell the story of the baddour center.