{"id":121583,"date":"2026-02-23T22:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121583\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T22:14:08","slug":"make-a-difference-monday-bethlehem-nonprofit-helping-people-with-disabilities-build-careers-make-a-difference-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/121583\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Difference Monday: Bethlehem nonprofit helping people with disabilities build careers | Make A Difference Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; A nonprofit in Bethlehem, called SPIN, serves intellectual, developmental, and autism communities of all ages.<\/p>\n<p>SPIN stands for Special People in the Northeast, and it provides housing and has an employment team that assesses your strengths and interests while helping you explore potential career paths.<\/p>\n<p>It also helps people define their career goals and matches them with the right-fit job.<\/p>\n<p>SPIN also provides ongoing support throughout that job.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers at SPIN say they want to create an environment where everyone, including those with different abilities, feel valued and can be fully involved.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We really want the job to be meaningful and for them to be successful and really enjoy what they&#8217;re doing. So, we support people are a variety of businesses. Everything from law firms to ice cream shops to veterinary clinics,&#8221; says Jenifer Schaadt, Division Director at SPIN. &#8220;We really get to know the person&#8211; their strengths, their interests and really set them up for success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, how can you help?<\/p>\n<p>They do have some openings at their Allentown and Bethlehem locations. They are looking for people with a wide range of skills.<\/p>\n<p>SPIN offers internships and they take donations on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spininc.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. &#8211; A nonprofit in Bethlehem, called SPIN, serves intellectual, developmental, and autism communities of all ages.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":121584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,7518,153,57229,15321,4509,55,33551,57230,6725,57228],"class_list":["post-121583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-autism","tag-bethlehem","tag-career-support","tag-disability","tag-donations","tag-employment","tag-internships","tag-job-training","tag-nonprofit","tag-spin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}