ROTARY WEEK VOL 3 NO 38

LENAE SIEBERDING SPOKE AT ROTARY TODAY.    SHE LIVES SOUTH OF
BELLEVUE WITH FAMILY AND HAS BEEN WITH DAC, INC. (ESTABLISHED IN MAQUOKETA IN 1973) FOR OVER 25 YEARS, STARTING AS A TEENAGER.   SHE CURRENTLY IS SECOND IN CHARGE AT DAC.   DURING THE PAST 15 YEARS, SHE HEADED UP DAC'S RECYCLING PROGRAM.    CHANGES HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH DAC AND MORE ARE COMING.    SEVERAL YEARS AGO, DAC TOOK OVER COMMUNITY CARE IN DEWITT AND AS OF JULY 1ST, HAS  GROWN LARGER.    OSKLOOSA, CRESCENT AND CORNING HAVE JOINED WHAT SOMEDAY MAYBE BE A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION, WITH THE SAME MISSION:   EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS VALUE AND DIGNITY.   DAC  EXISTS TO ENHANCE THIS DIGNITY, SELF-ESTEEM, AND WORTH OF EACH INDIVIDUAL.     THIS LARGER GROUP NOW HAS 600 EMPLOYEES AND A $25-MILLION BUDGET.     MANAGED CARE (JOBS FOR CLIENTS) AND RECYCLING HAVE
BEEN AN IMPORTANT  PART OF DAC'S MISSION IN MAQUOKETA.   BUT THIS
MAY CHANGE.     JOBS FOR DISABLED ARE SCARCE AND MAQUOKETA IS
A TOUGH TOWN FOR RECYCLING AS ANYONE CAN DO IT AND THERE IS NO
MANDATE BY THE CITY TO RECYCLE. 
AS WITH ANY ORGANIZATION, MONEY (LACK OF ENOUGH) IS ALWAYS A CONCERN.   THEREFORE, THERE WILL BE MORE FUNDRAISING, LIKE THE ONE
BELOW.