MCS's clients, staff and volunteers have the strength to make necessary change and to accomplish our goals.
What is Empowerment
100
We believe that individual wellness is essential to the health and success of our organizational mission.
What is Sustaining Ourselves and Our Communities
100
Demonstrates genuine cares for staff and clients of the agency.
What is Compassion
100
Ability to accurately and effectively assess problems and identify and implement solutions.
What is Problem Solving
100
Reference to an old law permitting men to beat their wives with a stick no thicker than a thumb.
What is Rule of Thumb
200
We hold ourselves and others accountable for decisions and behaviors within bouth th eagency and the community.
What is Personal and Professional Responsibility
200
It is vital that confidentiality and personal safety be respected at all times. We, therefore, honor the privacy of MCS’s clients, staff and volunteers.
What is Confidentiality and Safety
200
Ability to represent MCS values within every relationship at work and to cultivate and maintain positive relationships with individuals, staff, clients, funders, and other partner organizations.
What is Relationship Management
200
The Year MCS was established.
What is 1990
200
The act of an equestrian receiving help in mounting a horse.
What is Getting a Leg Up
300
All individuals have inherent wroth and are, therefore, valued equally, regardless of gender indentity, ethnicity, class, age, country of origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, religion or ability.
What is Equality and Respect
300
It is essential to honor our differences, as well as our similarities. Respect is reflected in the way we treat our clients, ourselves, and members of the community. We value the ideas, beliefs, opinions and decisions of others, whether or not we agree with them.
What is Equality and Respect
300
Demonstrates commitment and dedication to the work we do, the clients we serve and the agency.
What is Commitment
300
Works effectively with staff, volunteers and community partners, ensuring the employment of an inclusive, team approach whenever possible.
What is Collaboration
300
To strive not to be outdone by one's neighbors
What is Keeping Up with the Joneses
400
We claim an atmosphere of emotional, verbal, and physical non-violence in our workplace and in our programs.
What is Confidentiality and Safety
400
We recognize that we make decisions that affect others and ourselves and do so with as much information as possible. Our commitment to cooperation and open communication is demonstrated in the way we approach our work.
What is Personal and Professional Responsibility
400
Ability to manage and prioritize multiple, sometimes competing, tasks and deadlines to ensure that both values are being upheld and goals are being accomplished.
What is Priority Setting
400
The Year VCC was created
What is 2008
400
In olden days, the top half of a loaf a bread was considered better, and was served to the nobility
What is The Upper Crust
500
Our work will not be done until every person in our community is treated equally, until each individual is respected, and the dignity of every person is recognized.
What is Social Change Through Education & Advocacy
500
It is our goal to cultivate an environment that supports wellness in mind, body and spirit for ourselves, our clients and our communities. We do this by creating space and skills for self-care investing in our communities and supporting environmental sustainability.
What is Sustaining Ourselves and Our Communities
500
Demonstrates professional, clear and compassionate communication with staff, clients and community partners of the agency.
What is Communications
500
The Year Ethos and HH joined MCS, Inc.
What is 2011
500
Having something that is certain is much better than taking a risk for more, because chances are you might lose everything.