{"id":90,"date":"2025-07-10T13:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2025-07-10T13:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:10:22","slug":"the-power-of-connection-bridging-abilities-through-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/the-power-of-connection-bridging-abilities-through-community\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Power of Connection: Bridging Abilities Through Community&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Too often, we face overwhelming obstacles that make it hard to truly showcase our skills and talents, to break free from employment barriers and pursue the opportunities we deserve. That\u2019s why community connections and genuine partnerships are so vital\u2014they ignite hope and create new paths forward. Together, Cherokee County Disabilities and Special Needs Board and Goodwill of Gaffney have come together to ignite a life-changing 8-week training program, a beacon of opportunity to help individuals gain, grow, and elevate their skills. During these powerful weeks, management, staff, and customers come together, engaging with clients\u2014seeing their potential unfold in real time. It\u2019s more than a training; it\u2019s a movement of belief, empowerment, and second chances\u2014a chance to transform lives and communities, one skill at a time.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Goodwill-Cohort1-pic2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Goodwill-Cohort1-pic2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Goodwill-Cohort1-pic2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Goodwill-Cohort1-pic2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Goodwill-Cohort1-pic2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Goodwill-Cohort1-pic2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Goodwill-Cohort1-pic2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Too often, we face overwhelming obstacles that make it hard to truly showcase our skills and talents, to break free from employment barriers and pursue the opportunities we deserve. That\u2019s why community connections and genuine partnerships are so vital\u2014they ignite hope and create new paths forward. Together, Cherokee County Disabilities and Special Needs Board and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cherokee-country-disabilities-special"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cherokeedsnb.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}