Success Stories

Everyday SEEC helps men and women with developmental disabilities achieve their dreams. The men and women receiving supports from SEEC can be seen throughout Montgomery County at their jobs, volunteering, taking classes, and participating in all aspects of our rich community life.

Here's your chance to get to know some of the people who benefit from your generosity.

Alan

Alan is an entrepreneur at heart. Just this year, Alan started his own business, Alan's Express, offering clerical and mailing assistance to local businesses and nonprofit agencies. The name of the business is quite fitting: Alan can collate and stuff mailings at lightening speed!

Elizabeth

Elizabeth graduate from Albert Einstein High School and became a part of the SEEC family in 2008. She loves visual arts and takes art classes several times a week. In this picture, Elizabeth puts the final touchs on a mosaic table she created to see out SEEC's Holiday Gift Boutique. Elizabeth is an animal lover, having spent many hours volunteering at the Washington Humane Society from which she adopted her cat, Patches.

Bill

Bill has received residential services from SEEC since moving out of the Great Oaks Institution in 1994. Bill and his long-time friend and roomate are the owners of the townhouse they have shared for more than 12 years.

An avid coffee lover, Bill is on first-name basis with most of the barristas at his local Starbucks. Bill is a very likeable fellow and looks forward to a position in a coffee shop, to combine is love of java with his desire to be around people.

Katie and Mitch

Katie and Mike tied the knot last summer after many years of friendship and dating in June of 2008. The couple met in 1998 as fellow students at Wotten High School. They enjoy eating out, going concerts and movies, bowling, and generally be out and about! Both have jobs in the community and many friends and loved ones.