Making your kids with special needs have the resources they need from a young age to a working adult is the goal when it comes to the recently announced merger of Sunshine Resources of Door County and P.A.T.H. of Door County. The two organizations made the announcement earlier this week, combining their resources to create a unified entity to serve Door County’s special needs community. P.A.T.H. of Door County’s Deb Doyle says they have been stretched thin in recent years as the needs in the community grew, but their volunteers’ passion drove them to keep their services going. When she began talking to Sunshine Resources CEO Barry Metzentine, she saw a real opportunity to eliminate an existing service gap between youth and adults and provide a more seamless and stress-free transition for their families.
Metzentine says he is looking forward to being able to expand some of their programming because of the merger, which includes introducing kids to vocational training sooner than they otherwise would have and offering additional respite care services.
Doyle and Metzentine emphasized that the merger does not mean anything is disappearing, including the P.A.T.H. name itself. The two sides are committed to offering the same high standards of care and support while collaborating on new programs in the future. More news is on the horizon for Sunshine Resources and P.A.T.H., with a public announcement and ribbon cutting taking place on June 4th at P.A.T.H.’s facility in Sturgeon Bay.
