What do the people served by Wendell Fosters Campus do during the day?
Those individuals who reside at WFC and who are still school age (about a dozen youth) attend special education classes through the Owensboro Public Schools. Adults residing on Campus have a choice of a number of daily activities. For instance, 23 of them now work full or part time for Hugh Sandefur Industries, a Henderson company that employees people with disabilities to perform various assembly and packaging jobs. Some attend various training modules on various topics, ranging from music and crafts to self-administration of medication, while others attend off-Campus day programs of their choice, have jobs and/or perform outside volunteer work. All have responsibilities for helping to clean, straighten and maintain their own living space. Evening and weekend recreation activities, on-site and in the community, are popular with residents. Many attend worship on Sundays. Each individual has a person centered plan that is developed by the individual and his/her family in cooperation wit
