Resident honored for 30 years of HARC service

Eileen Able of West Hartford will be honored for her 30 years of service at  HARC's Spring Fling and staff milestone celebration on Friday, April 26, at the Hartford/Windsor Marriott. HARC is an organization founded by concerned parents, to serve people and families challenged by intellectual disability. 

Able began her career at HARC in Employment Services. In 1984 she became a residential supervisor, organizing and opening HARC's community residence at Burnwood Drive in Bloomfield. In 1987 she became coordinator of community residences and in 1994 she became director of residential services. In 1998 she assumed her current position of director of staff development, in which she oversees the ongoing training of over 340 staff members. 

Stephen Becker, EdD, HARC's President/CEO commended Able for her gifts of compassion, spirituality, vision and wisdom.

Able lives with her husband, John, and daughter Emma, a senior at Hall High School, and a daughter Colleen, recently moved to New Hampshire.

HARC is a Community Investment Partner of United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut and serves Greater Hartford.

For further information about HARC go to the website: www.harc-ct.org or call 860.218.6047.

Photo: Eileen Able, Director of Staff Development at HARC. Photo by Diana Appleton