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Read MoreSocial Enterprises: Sensible Cyclery and Pro-Touch
Caminar's social enterprises advance the social mission and financial stability of our organization. Any proceeds from these enterprises are invested directly into Caminar programs, supporting resilience and wellness in both our clients and our organization.
Two of our social enterprises are located in our Butte Region, Sensible Cyclery and Pro-Touch.
Sensible Cyclery
At the Avenida Apartment complex, Caminar's Sensible Cyclery has been established to sell quality reconditioned bicycles at an affordable price. Bikes are donated from a variety of sources within the community. Then, the residents of Avenida Apartments, along with vocational trainees who receive services from Butte County Department of Behavioral Health, perform the important tasks associated with overhauling, repairing, tuning, and getting the donated bikes ready for resale. The mission of Sensible Cyclery is to recondition and sell quality used bicycles at an affordable price, and by being in business, to provide meaningful vocational opportunities that help our employees reach their fullest potential.
Come find your newly refurbished bicycle at Sensible Cyclery's store located at 2505 Esplanade in Chico, CA. See some bikes for sale here.
Read April's story of how her time at Avenidas Apartments and Sensible Cyclery helped her to build confidence and achieve her goals.
Pro-Touch
Pro-Touch is Caminar's other social enterprise, which, like Sensible Cyclery, is designed and established for people who receive services from Butte County Department of Behavioral Health. Supportive employment trains individuals who are entering the workforce for the first time or have not had a job in several years. Caminar believes that employment is a critical tool for helping people during their recovery process and while working for Pro-Touch, crew members get real-life employment opportunities. Pro-Touch is not only a vocational training but also a small business that provides low cost janitorial and landscape services for local businesses and people on a limited income. All profits from both Pro-Touch and Sensible Cyclery go back into the programs, creating a double bottom line and giving customers a sense of making a social impact.
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Read MoreFriendship Circle (FC)
Friendship Circle directly assists individuals in their quest to develop the skills required to enhance their social lives through building and maintaining a circle of compatible friends. Founded on the belief that compatibility should be based on the commonality and camaraderie that arises from sharing mutual abilities, interests, and concerns, FC has proven to be very successful.
Friendship Circle, a social recreational program of Caminar, is designed to assist individuals with a developmental disability to acquire the skills necessary to enhance their social life by developing and maintaining a circle of compatible friends. In all cases, the emphasis of the program is on supporting the movement toward self-determination, responsibility, and independence with respect to meeting their own social needs. This is a critical element and the one which sets this program apart from other leisure/social programs. Friendship Circle is founded on the belief that compatibility should not be based on a common diagnosis of developmental disability, but rather on the commonality and comradely which arises from sharing mutual abilities, interest and concerns. The ultimate goal is to teach the social skills necessary for individuals to build meaningful and rewarding relationships with peers and other people in the community who share common interests.