The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard from the President and CEO of the Christian County Mental Health Association at their weekly meeting Tuesday at the Taylorville Moose Lodge.
Brent DeMichael came to the position in 2010 and leads the local mental health association effort that began in 1971. The agency has changed the types of services it provided a few years ago due to changing state regulations.
Today, the association oversees 4 group homes as well as a plant that manufactures plywood reels. The plant provides employment for over a hundred local residents that have developmental disabilities.
DeMichael added the unique thing about the plant is that while they have regular customers from the eastern half of the United States for their reels, they have no written contacts with their customers. He added that their reputation as a provider of quality products, and the mission behind the plant, is why many companies turn to them to buy. He also said the plant manufactures and sells over a million plywood reels a year.
The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Moose Lodge. For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.
