Covid-19 Update

All Employees, Parents, Guardians, and Staff: To maintain the social distancing guidelines and to help keep everyone safe, we will at this time have to continue with the current  work schedules. The current Social Distancing guidelines are 6 ft space between people, and wearing masks when unable to do this.  Our Cafeteria and break areas […]

Covid-19 Update

All Employees, Parents, Guardians, and Staff: At this time we are looking at everyone returning to work on May 4, 2020. This will depend on a couple of things: The state will lifts the stay at home order and it is not extended. The counties and cities will lift their stay at home order. If […]

SWI Action Plan COVID-19

This is SWI Industrial Solutions plan for if/ when COVID-19 affects the employees at the workshop and people in the areas. The below is subject to change as more information is presented to SWI. This is for both Springfield and Marshfield locations. We are planning on the middle of April having a nurse here from […]

Expansion

SWI Industrial Solutions has provided jobs for people with disabilities for over 50 years. SWI Industrial Solutions (Springfield Workshop) is taking over operations of the Webster County Workshop in Marshfield on January 13th, 2020. The new operation will have a combined workforce of nearly 300 enthusiastic and dedicated employees. Joining together provides an expanding market […]

Sunny Bunny Garden opens for business!

Thank you Abilities First, Oakstar Bank, Davis Property’s, Clever High School FFA, Heffernan Insurance, Half a Hill Center for making this possible! The program is called Sunny Bunny Garden a division of SWI Industrial Solutions (Springfield Workshop). Thursday we will be at Oakstar Bank National and Division. We started working on the garden in March […]

VOLUNTEER OZARKS PSA: Steve’s Story

KY3 Anchor Steve Grant shares his story about volunteering with the Springfield Workshop Foundation. Full story can be found here: https://www.volunteerozarks.com/stories/volunteers/volunteer-ozarks-psa-steves-story/

New Leadership roles for two local non profits

Dave Dunn is the general manager at SWI Industrial Solutions (SWI).Valerie Gustin is now executive director of Springfield Workshop Foundation. The two nonprofits work together to support individuals with disabilities. Dunn was executive director of Springfield Workshop Foundation for seven years. “His attention to promoting SWI, fundraising, securing sponsorships and keeping the mission of SWI […]

SWI staff remain current in first aid.

SPRINGFIELD, MO — Elizabeth Mills, staff accountant, renews her first aid training as part of SWI’s goal to provide a safe working environment. SWI supports some 200 individuals with a variety of disabilities with meaningful and dignified work. David Dunn, interim general manager at SWI, says, “Keeping our workplace safe is an important part of […]

Experienced cook joins the SWI team

SPRINGFIELD, MO — Latrice Croom is the new cook at SWI. She not only will ensure that SWI employees enjoy a nutritious lunch, she will demonstrate menu planning and how to prepare substantive meals at home. Croom has extensive background in cooking in residential and nursing facilities. David Dunn, interim general manager at SWI, says, […]

Sunny Bunny beats all previous records

SPRINGFIELD, MO — The final numbers are in: Sunny Bunny Easter Eggs produced some 12 million eggs this year, five percent increase over previous years, says David Dunn, interim general manager at SWI. “We took only a short break and now the employees are already preparing for Easter 2018.” Mike Guenther, who coordinates Sunny Bunny […]