PEARL BUCK CENTER INC
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Mission Statement
Pearl Buck Center offers people with disabilities and their families quality choices and supports to achieve their goals.
About This Cause
Pearl Buck Center has been in existence for over 60 years. Lisl Waechter founded Pearl Buck Center in 1953, as a school for children with developmental disabilities, before special education was available in our public schools. Lisl believed that everyone has the right to be productive, to learn and grow. Over time, the organization evolved to provide a life span of educational, vocational, and habilitation services to people with developmental disabilities and their children. Three Programs are offered at Pearl Buck Center: Working for a Better Life: Vocational training and employment program for adults with developmental disabilities. Businesses contract with Pearl Buck Center for mailing, packaging, assembly, manufacturing, and other jobs that clients perform in the vocational training center. Businesses receive quality, cost-effective products and services, while the jobs provide training and wages for the clients. In addition, clients are matched with positions in local businesses, and supported in achieving job success out in the community. Life Enhancing Activities Program (LEAP) offers adults with developmental disabilities opportunities to explore creative expression through arts and crafts, storytelling, film, music, and adaptive gardening, in a cheerful environment. LEAP also includes community integration to build social skills and enrich clients' life experiences. Pearl Buck Preschool: Since 1976, Pearl Buck Preschool has provided specialized services to children born without disabilities, and their parents, of which, one has a cognitive/intellectual disability. Pearl Buck Preschool has achieved the prestigious Oregon Program of Quality (OPQ) Designation. Your support is needed to continue the work at Pearl Buck Center!