Dave Bergeron, left, and Chris enjoy the newspaper.
In the fall of 2008 Dave Bergeron and the economic ills of the day met head-on. The 39-year-old self-described blue-collar worker lost his job at the largest employer in Madison, S.D. He and his wife have three children and the employment options in Madison, a town of 6,000, are few and far between
A friend suggested he consider visiting ECCO, Inc., an agency that serves 70 people . On Nov. 10, 2008 he had an interview with Vicki Kommes, ECCO's Staff Development Coordinator. Two weeks later he was hired as a Direct Support Professional (DSP).
"He has that certain something," Kommes says of Bergeron. "He was a keeper."
Today he is a DSP, supporting three men in a community based setting, and a supervisor, directing five DSPs in their roles. He wrote a Mission Statement for the men he supports and supervises, and the agency thought so much of his work that it incorporated it into their agency's Mission Statement.
Dave Bergeron is the subject of the second installment of "The DSP Chronicles" and you can read about him and his new career by clicking here
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