All Days Are Good For
Matt at Lincoln Investment !
Matthew Gross was referred to Gateway in 1989
by the Montgomery County Office of Mental Retardation and is employed as
a maintenance janitor at Lincoln Investment Planning in Glenside.
Matthew, who likes to be called Matti, takes pride in his job and has been
working at this company full time since September of 1990. His duties
include inner and outer office cleaning, such as dusting, taking out trash,
and cleaning the kitchen, conference rooms, and the outside smoking area.
Matti is also responsible for stocking the paper at the copiers, as well
as the supplies in the kitchen and other office areas. In addition
to these tasks, Matti tends to the plants inside and outside the office
and runs occasional errands for co-workers. Matti likes working with
the people in the company and occasionally goes out with them. He
commented that the people at the office are nice, have a good attitude,
and love him.
When Matti is not working he likes to go out
with his friends to restaurants, the movies, the mall, and most of all
to sporting events. Matti has participated in the Special Olympics
and takes part in the basket ball games at the yearly picnic. |
Matthew Gross Gateway participant, Jocelyn Tenney
Facilities Manager at Lincoln Investment
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Enid Colon, Gateway Employment Specialist
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Matti is well known around the office for knowing
a lot about sports. Jocelyn Tenney, the Facilities manager commented,
“Matt is always enthusiastic and helpful. His interest in sports
keeps us all up to date on Philadelphia’s hockey, basketball, and football.”
In addition to his plans to continue working,
Matti aspires to improve his reading skills and wants to learn typing and
sign language. Matti enjoys working at Lincoln Investment Planning
and when asked what it was like working there his response was, “all days
are good.”
Gateway is pleased to say Congratulations
on a job well done!
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