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TESTIMONIALS
Renee Buchanan is the Vice President of the SAM group since 2019 and she enjoys helping people with disabilities. Renee has been a part of the group since 2004 and she had a learning disability and despite being told when she was younger than she couldn't learn she preserved and graduated from high school. Renee lives independently in a house next door to her parents house. She can drive. She has been working for many years at a sandwich shop at the airport and she is such a dedicated employee that she won two awards from her work. Renee is an inspiration to us all. She enjoys traveling and shopping.
Mara St. Aubin has been a part of the group since 2015 and has served on our board since 2019. She enjoys helping out at the InReach day support center. She lives at one of the InReach group homes. She wants to encourage others with disabilities to advocate for themselves and be the best they can be.
Susan has been a member of the Self Advocates of Meck. group for over ten years. She is the Vice President and has also served as the treasurer. She is a regular attender. She is a slow learner but could not remember what her disability is. She lives in her own condo. She likes coming to the meetings to learn new things and has become more independent and outspoken. It was her idea for the group to go to Washington, D.C. and give the SSI marriage penalty petition to Congresswoman Alma Adams in person. Sadly Susan passed away in 2018 so she is missed.
Yvonne is new to the group but she enjoys meeting people with disabilities. She has a form of autism, and she co-leads two meet up groups. Yvonne is a peer mentor at Meck Promise Resource Network.