SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
PRIDE Industries
COMMUNITY STRENGTH, NATIONWIDE IMPACT
PICTURED ABOVE [L-R]: BOB OLSEN, CHAIRMAN, PRIDE BOARD OF DIRECTORS | JEFF DERN, PRESIDENT, PRIDE INDUSTRIES | MIKE ZIEGLER, CEO, PRIDE INDUSTRIES
Everyone benefits from the sense
of worth and contribution that a
job provides, but for people with
disabilities, securing employment can be
difficult. In addition, businesses without the
insight of how people with disabilities are
suited to various roles may be overlooking
ideal job candidates. PRIDE Industries
addresses the problem of underemployment
of individuals with disabilities by creating
opportunities through social enterprise.
PRIDE is a community success story that
has achieved national relevance. Founded
in a church basement in Auburn, California
by parents of adult children with disabilities
in 1966, PRIDE’s foundation is unwavering.
“Our mission has never changed,” says CEO
Mike Ziegler. “PRIDE exists to create jobs for
people with disabilities.”
Today PRIDE has about $340 million in
sales and employs more than 6,000 people,
with more than half having a disability or
barrier to employment. PRIDE provides
contracting solutions that help businesses
make a difference in their organizations and
communities through integrated facilities
services, custodial and environmental
services, electronics manufacturing,
supply chain and kitting, fulfillment and
distribution services, and direct staffing
services. Headquartered in Roseville, PRIDE
operates contracts throughout California
and 13 other states.
“We wouldn’t have accomplished all we
have without this community’s support,”
says Ziegler. “We are one of the largest
nonprofit employers of people with
disabilities in the nation, and we didn’t
attain that alone – we got there with the
help of this incredible community.”
Nationwide, however, about 32 million
people of working age have a disability.
Of those people, there is a 74 percent
unemployment rate, making them
the country’s largest disenfranchised
population. Looking to the future, PRIDE is
developing a people services aspect to help
companies understand how to best employ
people in need of an opportunity.
“
PRIDE exists
to create
jobs for
people with
disabilities.
— MIKE ZIEGLER
CEO, PRIDE Industries
”
10030 Foothills Boulevard
Roseville, CA 95747
800.550.6005
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