and traumatic brain injury be a

part of your communities.

In 1975, he started

Community Entry Services with

his basement as his office. That

was alright though, since he was

out in the community seven

days a week. He reached out to

families who wanted to have

their children be as independent

as possible and make their own

life choices.

He found a home for CES in

1977, and one year later he and

his team were helping more than

100 people in Jackson,

Riverton, and Lander.

Then in 1991, CES led the

path by giving people with

CES Advocate Community Entry Services is a 501(c)(3) private nonprofit Wyoming organization

Building Community, Changing Lives 1975-2015

As CES celebrates its 40th

anniversary, we look back on our

early days.

Social worker Gary Hudson

was still fresh out of college when

he saw the need for everyone,

regardless of their disabilities, to

live as independently as possible.

He knew that your families,

your neighbors, and your friends

would be helped by having people

with developmental disabilities

traumatic brain injuries special

care. Now other organizations

are modeling ours.

CES has seen the growing

need for care in your

communities. It now serves 260

people with 220 staff. It is one of

the largest in Wyoming and one

of the most respected.

Visionary Gary Hudson died

in 2006, and he would be proud

of how CES is dedicated to being

a leader and advocate for helping

your community.

No matter the challenges and

unstable funding, we are

committed to serving your

families, your neighbors, and

your friends for another 40 years.

Margie has called CES home since 1978.

Board of Directors

Hal Herron, Chairman - Riverton

Travis Moffat, Vice Chairman -

Lander

Eric Ridgway, M.D., Secretary -

Riverton

Dick Woods, Treasurer -

Riverton

Frank Lane - Jackson

Phyllis Muniz - Lander

T. R. Pierce - Jackson

Betty Sorenson - Lander

Carlton Underwood - Fort

Washakie

“Before CES came to

Jackson, there weren’t many

resources for adults who had

developmental disabilities,” says

Smokey Rhea, one of the early

directors of the Jackson

program. It currently helps 25

people in Jackson.

Now a Teton County

Commissioner, Rhea remembers

when special needs children in

Jackson received services from

birth until they were 21, but

when they became adults there

were no similar services. "In

order to get the crucial services

they needed for their children

with developmental disabilities

they had to move or send their

child to a program outside

of Teton County and away from

community and family support."

CES board member T.R.

Pierce, who’s been involved

since the early 90’s, feels it’s a

vital part of Jackson’s

community.

“Many people don’t even

know about CES,” he says. But

its goal is to be a hidden support

system. “If you know our clients

but don’t know CES, then we’ve

been successful.”

Rhea agrees. “Clients work

here in town at places like Blue

Spruce Laundry, the Virginian,

and McDonalds. They go to the

library just like I do. They have

fun at the Rec Center and go

skiing.”

“Having CES here lets

people with special needs call

Jackson home, just like all of

us.”

“If you know our clients but don’t know

CES, then we’ve been successful.”

A Special Thank You to all the people and businesses

who contributed to our successful event.

Festival of Trees

Jackson clients enjoy participating in many community activities .

T.R. Pierce**

Dorothy Pierson*

Plains Flooring

Clifford Poindexter & Rebecca Smith

Gloria Polis

Mike Popeck*

The Print Shop/Travis Becker

Process Systems International

Mike & Marianne Pryor

Rudolph Ramelli

Reddon, Koehn & Assoc. CPA’s PC

Betty Reinertson

Rendezvous Medical

Chuck & Smokey Rhea

Dr. Eric Ridgway**

Riverton Tire & Oil

Riverton Recreation Board

Tom & Peny Rogers

Martin & Raylene Scholtens

Theo & LeeAnn Schuff/

Fish Creek Veterinary Clinic

Elizabeth ""Flicka"" Scott Fund

Mark & Nancy Sehnert/Sehnert Systems

John Shade

Kimball Shields*

Laura & Dan Shirvin

Jamey Siameh

Sallie Smith*

Mona Sobieski

Betty Sorenson**

Fred & Jeanie Staehr

State Farm Insurance

Michael & Jennifer Stauth

Arlene Steinert

Kelvin & Nancy Stirn

Stitches Embroidery

Edward & Roberta Taylor

Tegeler & Associates

Allan and Frances Tessler/

Allan & Frances Tessler Fund

Teton Athletic Club

Teton Motors/David & Beth Auge

Teton Therapy, PC

Teton County

Kenneth & Barbara Thomasma

Daniel S. Travsky

Rick & Linda Treese

Carlton Underwood**

Barbara & Larry Van Genderen

Vincent Financial Services

Beth Watts*

Rob Werner/Jackson Temp Services

Richard & Linda Wheeler/

Wheeler Family Foundation

Anita Wilson*

The K Wilson Family Foundation

Wanda Wilson

Wind River Hotel & Casino

Dick Woods**

Wyoming Community Bank

Wyoming Title Services/Kim Larson

Garth & Bobby Yeates/

Yeates Construction

Gina Zertuche*

Mike Zirbel

Evelyn Griffin

Sandra Guido, in memory of

Karen Colclough

Hague’s Auto Body

Leland Hallett*

Dr. Hannaney

Douglas Henderson

Hal Herron**

High Mountain Jerky/Kimberly Hummel

Home Source Realty, Inc./George Piplica

Brad & Brit Hoyt

Lisa Larson-Hoyt

Inberg-Miller Engineers

Intermountain Electric

JACE Water Service/Jerry Warren

Jackson Hole Sci Investigations, Inc./

Carolyn & John Daily

City of Jackson

Karen Jerger & Chuck Harris

Karl M. Johnson Foundation, Inc./Rita

Simons

Pete & Jeanie Karns

Ronald & Maxine Kiehn

Mary Killsontop

Gerald & Diana Kitchen

Richard & Echo Klaproth

Richard & Mary Lou Klene

Jane Davis-Kusek & Charles Kusek/

Kusek Charitable Fund

Kusels Home Furnishings

Becky Lancaster

Lander District Recreation Board

Kirk & Kim Lane

Alisa & Frank Lane**

Jason & Jennifer Lee, in honor of

Bill and Sue Lee

Leda & Warren Lester

Mark Long

Howard Macey*

William & Sharon Macy

Faith & Mike May MBS, LLC

Holly McCollister/

Paul & Esther McCollister Fund

Charles & Joanne McFarland

Gordon Meadow

Dr. Menefee/Riverton Dental Center

Anne & Ken Metzler

Mary Ann Millis

Travis Moffat**

Wade Moore & Stacy Whitman Moore

Moss Dentistry

Phyllis & Manny Muniz**

Robert & Virginia Nagy

Sis Nelson*

Colleen Nelson

Rod & Anne Newcomb/

American Avalanche Institute

Tom & Nancy Ninneman

Mason Nojonen

Nu-Kleen Cleaning Service

William & Julie Obering

Kim Oberlie*

Monica Overly

Francesca Paolucci-Rice & Richard Rice

Claire & Glen Perrin

Leslie Petersen & Hank Phibbs II

307 Financial

Bev Andrews

Anonymous

Anonymous

Anonymous

Antler Inn Motel/Clarene & Creed Law

Deidre Ashley

Dora Babione*

Bailey Enterprises/Mike & June Bailey

Brian & Twila Ballard

Pilar Bass

Jannet Bath

Senator & Mrs. Eli Bebout

B2 Wyoming Inc./Dessie Bebout

Roni Becker

Mr. & Mrs. Merton Bell

Petie Bennett

Alice Bever

Big Horn Divide & Wyoming Railroad

Big West Oil Field Services/Brett Watson

Blue Spruce Cleaners

BNSF Railway Foundation

Bob's Truck Repair/Bob Lynch

Carl & Karla Bollinger

Carol Ann Bowers & Mike Kraft

Matt Braga

Anthony & Linda Brooks/

The Brooks Foundation

Chad Brown

Jim & Susan Butts

Kathy Cachelin*

Wendy Carlson-Koll

Casey's Country Day Care/Casey Brown

Katherine Chapman

Raymond & Linda Charles

Malinda Chouinard

Jo Anne Clay

Justin Clyde/Clyde Consulting

Diana Crippen

Terry David

Jean, Anna & Tim Day

Dealers Electric

Devon Energy

Rose Dickie

Vince Dolbow

David & Sarah Doll

Bill & Patti Drui

Edward Jones Investments/Wade Green

David & Tara Ellerstein

Denny Emory & Liza the dog

Encana Corporation

Darcy Englert

Bret Evans

Farmer’s Insurance Group

Federal Auto Recycling

John & Alice Finley

First Interstate Bank

Fremont Motors

Fremont County

Mary Geick

Lynda German

Margaret Gilday

Joseph E Giovanini

Mary Gordon

James Gores & Associates, PC

Grand Teton Eye & Optical

* Staff ** Board Member

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“I started with CES in

2000,” says Amy. Now 35, Amy

came to CES’s Jackson site right

after graduating from high school

when she was 19. “Mom wanted

me to come here, not me,” she

remembers. “But if I hadn’t

come, I wouldn’t be able to have

a job.”

Born with Down

Syndrome, Amy relies on her

case manager and vocational

trainer to be able to live as

independently as possible and be

employed.

She worked for the

Jackson State Bank for ten years

and now splits her time between

Blue Spruce and High Country

“With Your help, Amy has a job”

Linens. She’s excited that she’ll

be able to work at Jackson’s

Vertical Harvest Greenhouse as

soon as it’s complete.

A familiar face in Jackson,

Amy glows with pride as she says,

“A lot of people know me, but

they don’t know CES.”

She now shares an

apartment with three other CES

clients, but her goal is to live on

her own, with just daily

supervision from CES. Her

challenge for that to happen is to

be able to take care of her medical

needs, such as medicine for her

thyroid, by herself. “I think she

can do it,” says program director

Lindsay Long.