b'Jenny My favorite part about being a lunch monitor is talking with the kids. On my birthday the kids sang Happy Birthday to me. It made me happy.Jenny with her first paycheck!Jenny, who uses a wheelchair and a deviceJenny now works three lunch periods a day at to communicate, works hard to reach herthe Center School and is beloved by the staff, goals despite her disabilities. For years, Jennyteachers, and students, who recently gave her a had expressed a desire to work with children. school sweatshirt as a token of their appreciation Through our Western Massachusetts for all her hard work. She even worked on her Employment Collabortive, Jennys job developerbirthday and was surprised by a rousing chorus learned about a great new opportunityaof Happy Birthday, which resulted in tears of joy. lunch monitor position at the Center School inJenny and her team believed in her ability to earn Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Jenny eagerlyher dream joband she did it!applied and won the job. The Regional Employment Collaboratives are Riverside-led partnerships of state agencies and human service providers, employers, workforce development organizations, and employment service providers.The Collaboratives work across these groups with the common goal of increasing employment opportunities for individuals with disabilities. Riversides five regional collaboratives placed over 750people with disabilities in jobs last year. 3'