National Disability Employment Awareness Month

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month! Has your organization considered hiring an individual with a disability?  Encourage your employer today to consider hiring an individual with a disability at your organization!

Shared Lives Studio - June Events

Thursday Art Walk
June 16th from 6pm-9pm
Presented by the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, Art Walks are a great opportunity to browse and purchase affordable local art, while getting to know the artists and galleries of the Arts Zone and the surrounding downtown neighborhoods.

Crosby Festival of the Arts
June 25th & 26th
Crosby Festival of the Arts has always been known as our region's original, premiere fine arts festival. 2011 will mark its 46th year and will continue the tradition of quality and originality of art offered through a rigorous jury process.

Congrats to Lori Schoen, director of Shared Lives Studio & Joan Uhl Browne, President of Lott Industries, both were honored at the Crosby Awards hosted by the Toledo Botanical Gardens!

Potting Pretty

Linda - Pot #55 Dragonflies & Sunflowers

Jennifer - Pot #13 Flamingo & Flower

Potting Pretty is presented by the Sylvania Area Chamber of Commerce. Artists from Shared Lives Studio created two wonderful pots that will be on display and up for auction. You can vote for one pot by emailing lglover@sylvaniachamber.org before May 31st.

Toronto HotDocs Documentary Festival

'A Whole Lott More', a documentary on Lott Industries was one of 22 projects selected from a pool of over 900 to present at the prestigious 'Pitching Forum' at the Toronto HotDocs Documentary Festival. Thanks to Victor, the director of the film and his wonderful pitch, 'A Whole Lott More' was awarded the Best Pitch Award!  Congrats to Victor and his team!

Earth Day 2011

This coming Friday, April 22, 2011 is Earth Day. How do you plan to celebrate? If you aren't sure, here are some ideas:

• drink tap water instead of purchasing bottled water
• start using 'green' cleaning products at home and at your place of work
• take reusable bags with you when shopping
• purchase products made with recycled materials (toilet paper, paper, paper towels, greeting cards, etc)
• recycled as much as possible (aluminum, plastic, cardboard, paper, etc.)

Making new paper products from recycled paper results in significant energy savings and water use. For example, according to the EPA, every ton of recycled paper produced:

• requires 7,000 fewer gallons of water to manufacture than virgin paper
• Saves approximately 4,100 kwh or energy over virgin paper production
• Results in 74% less air pollution and 35% less water pollution
• Keeps almost 60 pounds of air pollutants out of the atmosphere vs. virgin resources

Local Food Strategies for Jobs & Health event

A representative from Lott Industries attended 'Local Food Strategies for Jobs & Health' event on Friday, April 15th. What a great event!  So much useful information as to how we could use urban agriculture to create jobs and grow delicious fruits, vegetables and herbs. We are eager to follow up with many of the presenters regarding how to get started! 

True Rewards Dog Treats

True Rewards Dog Treats are handmade at Lott Industries with the health of your dog in mind. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Assistance Dogs of America, a non-profit which trains and place therapy and services dogs with individuals with disabilities. True Rewards are available at the following locations:

• Anderson's General Stores - Toledo Area & Columbus
• Lucky Farmer - Perrysburg
• Heartwood Doggie Daycare - Whitehouse
• Shared Lives Studio Gallery - Toledo
• Assistance Dogs of America Training Facility - Swanton
• Perrysburg Animal Care - Perrysbug
• Lott Industries - Hill Avenue

Reward Your Pet, Reward a Good Cause!

Downtown Latte

In celebration of Disabilities Awareness month, Downtown Latte is showcasing the art of Shared Lives Studio. Stop in this Saturday, the 12th from 11am-2pm to meet our artists and browse some of their latest work. Downtown Latte will be displaying and selling our art until the end of March! Thank you Downtown Latte for your support!
To learn more about Downtown Latte, visit downtownlatte.com or find them on facebook.

Shared Lives Studio Featured Artist: Linda

Linda is a multi talented artist who loves to explore every aspect of art. She paints, weaves, works with glass, knits and crochets. Linda was recently asked to create art for Research Down Syndrome Foundation a non-profit which educates and inspires a caring society to fund biomedical research findings which will translate into safe and effective, approved therapies to treat the cognitive impairment in individuals with Down syndrome of all ages. Above are some examples of her work!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Lott can handle all of your needs for proper and compliant destruction and disposal of sensitive information such as paper, micro-media, ID badges, etc., and we meet or exceed industry standards for facilities and staffing security and acceptability. Use of our services ensures you are meeting regulatory requirements for document handling as contained in HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley and FACTA.

Lott can provide secure totes and service them on your terms, or you can drop off material at our destruction facility.