Hello my name is Josh and I enjoy the challenge that it brings to be on the Board. I may not be able to do everything, but with the right people, and the right ideas, anything is possible. The reason I joined the SUFU Board, was I learned the effects it has on people,...
Hi, my name is Eric McVay and I live in Bangor. I’m the SUFU Board Treasurer, which means that I help manage the money in SUFU’s budget. My favorite parts about being a SUFU Board member are working together to solve problems that affect not only SUFU members, but...
Hi, my name is Robbie Garland and I live in Danforth. Being on the SUFU Board means so much to me and I’m so thankful for the opportunity. In my spare time, I love hanging out with my friends and...
Hi Everybody, For personal & health reasons, I’ve decided that I need to leave my position with SUFU. Everybody has been great & it has been an honor & a privilege for me to be a part of this organization. And just because I won’t be working for SUFU, I’m...
Hi Everybody, Happy 2016 & I hope your holidays were great! 🙂 To start the new year off with a bang, I wanted to let you know what the Legislative Chapter (Currently: Tucker Conley, Chris Heywood, Robbie Garland, Marco Orlando, and Abbott Philson) has been...
Hi All, Last week, I attended the 2nd Supported Decision Making Coalition meeting, put on by Disability Rights Maine. Supported Decision Making means having the freedom of choice (that I talked about last week) to be able to ask for advice in making your own...
Hi All, Those 3 Words are… Freedom of Choice. The freedom to choose what you want to do, when you want to do it, and who you want to do it with. The freedom to choose the issues that you want to advocate for, not what someone else thinks is important for you to...
Hi All, The original topic that I was going to blog about this week is taking me longer to research so I’m saving that for next week. Instead, I thought I’d take this opportunity to ask about how you feel about the blogs I’ve written so far. I have...
Hi Everybody, As SUFU’s Legislative Associate, it is my job to find out what issues are really important to you & work together with you as SUFU Members to make sure that our voices are heard by people who can make a difference, including the Maine Legislature....