Empowerment Through Employment
NW Works is a 501(c)(3) non-profit striving to bridge the employment gap for people with disabilities and others facing barriers to meaningful employment.
About Us
Our Mission
Our mission is to empower adults with disabilities and individuals with barriers to employment to build skills and secure and sustain meaningful employment. Our mission, our vision, and our values guide our organization in all that we do.
How You Can Help
Giving online has never been more secure, convenient or hassle-free with our one-click donation. We also accept standard cash and check donations.
You can get involved today by becoming a Volunteer. Sign up and you will be joining a group of change-makers, a network strong enough to impact positive change in the lives of our clients.
Our clients just need an opportunity to showcase their skillsets, like any other prospective employee. Contact us today to give them a chance.
Testimonials
What People Say
We laugh together. We try to cheer each other up, calm down when you’re mad, calm down when you’re sad. Be brave, be yourself. You don’t have to be anybody but yourself here.
Sarah L.
Former NW Works client
Your mission is people, progress and success. How could people not want to support that?
Lori Eversole
NW Works Donor
[Our son] constantly asks us if he is smart. Well here, he can actually show that he is smart, that he can do these things.
Pat Mason
Father of an NW Works client
We are employment experts so we can give people jobs who have a hard time finding places in the community. I call it a safe place to land.
Charles Harbaugh, IV,
NW Works Director of Business Services
News
Recent News
- NW Works Releases ‘Firefly at Home’When Firefly Cafe & Bakery closed in October of 2020, our team was contacted by many loyal customers who were broken-hearted about the cafe’s closing. Quite a few of our fans even reached out, wondering if we could provide the recipes behind their favorite treats. They asked and we listened. Now, we are thrilled toContinue reading “NW Works Releases ‘Firefly at Home’”
- NW Works in Profile: Andrea KoenkerMeet long-term Board of Directors member, and former Board President, Andrea Koenker.
- NW Works Re-launches Gardening ProgramAfter several years of disuse, NW Works’ Gardening Program is back in action! Thanks to our generous donors and our stellar volunteers, ten raised garden beds were prepared during National Volunteer Week. Above, images of volunteers from First Bank and Shenandoah University, as well as a client and his mother spent several hours pulling weeksContinue reading “NW Works Re-launches Gardening Program”
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Saturday and Sunday: Closed
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