Nova Scotia – Kentville – New Minas
Corporation
www.flowercart.ca
Nova Scotia
Kentville
New Minas
Corporation
active
Operating name: Flowercart
The Flower Cart is a vocational service provider for adults
considered intellectually disabled. The Flower Cart has been in operation for 40 years.
Country of Ownership: Canada
Year Established: 1973
Exporting: No
Primary Industry (NAICS): 624310 - Vocational Rehabilitation Services
Primary Business Activity: Services
Total Sales ($CDN): $1,000,000 to $4,999,999
Number of Employees: 70
Services:
General labourers, Collating and mailing service
Products:
Bakery products, bread, rolls and/or buns, Wooden rosettes/corner blocks, Donation cans, Furniture, outdoor, Used clothing, Quilts and blankets, Kindling wood, Survey stakes
Sector:
Plant Information: Total Plant Size (Areas sq ft): 10,000 head office, 5,000 second location
Key / Major Clients: Province of Nova Scotia, Michelin Tire Canada, Just Us! Coffee Roasters Coop, Atlantic Healing Hemp, Totally Hemp, Steep Hill Solutions, Omega Crunch, Kings Regional Rehabilitation Center
Success Stories: Flowercart celebrates 10 years of work with Michelin Waterville.
Our Community Employment Services team creates employment opportunities in the community for clients. In addition to helping employers with their choice to hire our clients, we accept work contracts through which we hire our own clients to complete work.
Since July 2008 we€™ve provided contract labour to Michelin at their Waterville facility. The number of positions has grown steadily and currently stands at over 45. The type of work done includes preparation of single use items, like knives, recycling of reuseable items, inventory control and stocking, and cleaning required to prevent contamination.
Clients complete piecework for Michelin at Hodge Podge Arts and Crafts Studio (a supported worksite within the Community Employment Services offices), inclusive of industrial sewing.
Participants of Developmental Services Area and the Vocational Program also complete work for Michelin – cutting industrial elastic and rubber and pre-assembling €œtire mops€? (an item used in the building of tires.) This work is done at the building most people think of as Flowercart, i.e., 9412 Commercial Street in New Minas.
A job means different things to different people. For some it is simply a way to earn money. For many of us, our jobs bring us personal satisfaction, a social position, connection to others who have similar values and work ethics, and so on.
One of the first Michelin Contract Workers was Craig. Craig says he enjoys his job and will be happy if he stays at Michelin until he retires. €œOne thing this job means to me is better wages. But even more is that I feel like I really fit in this place. I am treated as an equal, not as an inferior. In my past couple of jobs I was treated as a member of the under class. People put me down; here they don€™t.€? Craig says he has €œread the Michelin rules about not tolerating discrimination€? and smiles €œHere I feel safe. Anyone who judges others on what type of jobs they do or what school they went to, they€™re losers.€?
Jason likes the people he works with, noting €œIf you treat them good, they treat you good.€? Jason has seen a few of his fellow contract workers leave their Flowercart positions at Michelin to be employed at other local production plants. To Jason, his Flowercart job at Michelin is €œa stepping stone€?. He hopes it will lead to another, better paying job.
David reflects back on the job he had before coming to work at Michelin; he really appreciates the improvement in his work environment. €œThis job is easier on the body. This job has better air, it€™s cleaner, the hours aren€™t so long.€? He also has been enjoying the social connections he makes on the job, laughing €œI get to meet people I haven€™t seen in years.€?
Jason has found satisfaction in the variety of work he does. €œI feel important. People count on me to do my job. That makes me feel good. And I like working around machinery and trying all the new things I can.€?
Many of the most enduring and satisfying aspects of a job have little to do with acquiring power, wealth, or fame. Better wages, personal health, safety and security, feeling valued, having fun and achieving career goals are offered to Community Employment Services clients that work at Michelin Waterville (CA3).
Testimonial: "My working relationship with the management of Flowercart and Partners in Employment Outreach is ideal."
Terry Dean, Former Area Personnel Manager, Michelin Tire Plant Waterville
€œJuanita (Job Developer) is always available if I have any questions or concerns. I definitely recommend giving Partners in Employment a call to help fill vacant positions.€? Greg Messom, Public Works Maintenance Foreman,
Village of New Minas
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