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Unsung Heroes Continue to Staff East End Disability In the Face of COVID-19

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Residents of an East End Disabilities Associates group home made the best of their confinement recently by making cupcakes.

Residents of an East End Disabilities Associates group home made the best of their confinement recently by making cupcakes.

Residents of an East End Disabilities Associates group home made the best of their confinement recently by making cupcakes.

Residents of an East End Disabilities Associates group home made the best of their confinement recently by making cupcakes.

Residents of an East End Disabilities Associates group home made the best of their confinement recently by making cupcakes.

Residents of an East End Disabilities Associates group home made the best of their confinement recently by making cupcakes.

authorMichelle Trauring on Apr 13, 2020
Ever since Hurricane Katrina, Joy O’Shaughnessy has wrestled with a reoccurring nightmare — that a catastrophic event would prevent her staff at East End Disability Associates from serving their 100... more

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