Angela Hays Carey is the director of Career Services at Stevens-Henager college. Her family has a motto: "with great blessings comes great responsibility" Carey started working at the college in 2009, shortly afer it opened.
Angela Hays Carey is the director of Career Services at Stevens-Henager college. Her family has a motto: "with great blessings comes great responsibility" Carey started working at the college in 2009, shortly afer it opened.
Angela Hays Carey is the director of Career Services at Stevens-Henager college. Her family has a motto: "with great blessings comes great responsibility" Carey started working at the college in 2009, shortly afer it opened.
By Casey Archibald carchibald@postregister.com A ngela Hays Carey, the Di- rector of Career Services and an adjunct faculty member at Stevens-Henager Col- lege in Idaho Falls, says her fam- ily has a motto that they created when her sons were little. A sign with the motto on it hangs at the bottom of the steps in her home; With great blessings comes great responsibility. Te phrase is similar to Uncle Bens in Spiderman, but for Carey and her family, it revolves around contributing and volunteering within their community. Basically we tell [our children] to use their blessings to bless the lives of others, said Carey. Carey started working at Ste- vens-Henager College in 2009, shortly afer it opened and was promoted to the Director of Ca- reer Services last year. Te school is a private, non-proft, profes- sional college and has roughly 130 students. Carey said her primary goal at the college is to help students fnd companies that they love working for so they can be happy in their careers. I help all the students here learn how to go out into the com- munity and fnd jobs, network and become involved, said Car- ey. We strongly encourage our students to volunteer and try to provide opportunities for them to do so. It is something that is really important to our employers and it is part of being a good citizen. Since she started at Ste- vens-Henager College, Carey has developed several new projects and programs. One such pro- gram is called Bridging the Gap: Math 4 Moms & Dads. Tis was a com- munity education course developed to teach par- ents in the state of Idaho how to help their chil- dren with math home- work. Carey also started Outftted to Interview, which took place on Oct. 4. She said it was a free event that was meant to help women who are un- deremployed or unem- ployed to get back into the workforce or fnd a job they love. Besides being a mother, Carey said her volunteer work throughout the years is one of the things that brings her the most joy. She not only heads fundraisers and volunteers her own time to a variety of good causes, but she also encourages her students to do the same. In 2010, Carey was inspired to start an annual fundraiser event that would appeal to her students as a volunteer opportunity. Since many of the students at the college are single mothers, Carey decided to team up with the Shepherds Inn, a home for women facing un- planned pregnancies. Te event is called Baby-Oh-Baby: Te Moth- er of All Baby Showers and occurs every April. It features a variety of extreme baby shower games played in groups of four. Members of the military and the frefghters are yearly partic- ipants in this event. Carey said the games are not your typical baby shower games, and teams can get very competitive. People bleed. Tey are in- tense, said Carey. Carey also acts as an Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce Ambassador and a Civitan member for the area. Te countless hours Car- ey has spent volunteering and serving Idaho Falls throughout the years is shown by the hundreds of thank you cards that are kept in a fle titled Good Notes in her desk drawer. When I am having a bad day, or [if I am] extra tired, I go in there and read some [of the thank you notes] to remind myself what I am doing it for. Its not that it is all about receiving thanks, because it is absolutely not about that, said Carey. But its nice to know I was able to give people the little push they needed to change their lives. Carey said she has found that many people just need a tiny push or a little bit of help in order to turn their lives around and make it better. I just want to provide people with that little boost that bene- fts their lives and gives them the boost they need to fnd success, said Carey. Sometimes people just need to know they can do it and that there is someone there to help. Carey said that is exactly the reason why she and her husband spend so much time volunteering. We have a motto that if something doesnt bring us joy then we wont do it. Life is too short to not enjoy it. As Buddha says, What is your bliss? Find your bliss and follow it. Find your bliss Carey loves helping students nd their dream job Angela Hays Carey By Casey Archibald carchibald@postregister.com J eanie Brady is a true believer of the statement what you think is what you get. Her life has revolved around making herself think positively and dream big so that she can live a happy life. She said she has absolutely no complaints and she has a great life because she want- ed a great life. Life is a choice, she said. Brady has been the Director of Re- source Development at the Good Samar- itan Society in Idaho Falls for almost four years and she said it is the best job she has ever had. I have never had a job before where I can say at the end of every day that I have made a huge diference in peoples lives, said Brady. Good Samaritan is a non-proft, nation- wide living center for individuals who are disabled. Brady said though the home is not a senior center, many elderly people all over the country are involved in one of the Good Samaritan locations because ofen disability comes with old age. Tose are people that built our nation, thats why I am so passionate about my job and my position hereWhat I am doing is giving [the residents here] quality of life and comfort, and care and love, said Brady. Its what they deserve. Tey built our com- munity, they built our nation. Besides her involvement at Good Sa- maritan, Brady also spends her time as a volunteer in a variety of ways. She has held a leadership role in Civitans and was an ambassador for the Chamber of Com- merce. Brady said she loves a good challenge, but in recent months and years she has cut back on the variety of programs and organizations that she is involved in, and has chosen a few things to focus all of her energy on. She has been guided by a statement that hangs on her wall; We ofen fail when we get distracted by tasks we dont have the guts to quit. Her goal with the projects she is choos- ing to focus her eforts on is to make a real diference in peoples lives in the Ida- ho Falls community and to leave a legacy. One thing that Brady said has kept her going throughout all of the projects and roles she has taken on is the support from her husband and two children. Its easy to balance my job because my entire family stands behind me, she said. Brady is not the only one in her family who has a strong drive to help her com- munity. She works closely with her hus- band in all areas of life. Recently, Brady and her husband be- came empty-nesters and have been able to dedicate even more time to their vol- unteer work. We are just having a blast, said Brady. My husband and I just barely began. We are taking on Alive Afer 5he joined Civitans to be with me. We do everything together. We are working as a teamwe call it the Brady team. Te Brady team does more than volunteer work together. Brady said she helps her husband with their super home store, Bradys, which has three locations in the area. She does the marketing for the company and said her husband is a great example of a boss who truly cares about his employees. She said his main concern is that they are able to take care of and feed their families. Brady explained that some of the keys to volunteer work are realizing that ev- eryone matters and that it is important to understand where people are coming from by walking in their shoes. Everybody should care, said Brady. You dont turn your back on people. Pe- riod. Tis nation should be built on car- ing for one another. Bradys drive to serve others comes in part, from how much she deeply cares about positively afecting as many people as she can in the Idaho Falls community. Someone once said of Brady, If there is a cause worth doing, you turn around and theres Jeanie. Dream big Brady aims to make a difference through work, volunteerism Jeanie Brady ................................................................................................................... 7 Days Free! 681 S. Woodru Ave. 522-3200 email: snapinif@yahoo.com .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... O p e n H o u s e a t O u r N e w L o c a tio n 1 5 2 0 N . 2 5 th E . (H itt R d .) O c to b e r 1 9 th 1 0 -5 p m 0 3 5 S N A 1 0 1 3