EPI's Karol Linder receives January DSP of the month

posted on Saturday, February 1, 2014

Waterloo, IA - Karol Linder of Exceptional Persons, Inc.’s (EPI) has joined EPI’s 5 Star Club as she was awarded January’s Direct Support Professional (DSP) of the month.

EPI’s 5-Star Club was created to celebrate the outstanding work of DSP’s at EPI. Peers nominate fellow DSP’s and recipients are chosen from those nominations. 

Karol’s nominator said the following, “For Karol, working for EPI is not just a job but rather an opportunity to make an impact on people’s lives.  She has developed many long lasting relationships over the years and has made such a difference.” 

EPI, founded in 1957 in Waterloo, Iowa, as Exceptional Persons, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization created as a catalyst for community based services for people with developmental and other related disabilities. Today’s EPI fosters the active community participation of people with disabilities through residential and transportation services, day activity centers, community living, as well as works to expand child care options and to improve the quality of child care available for families in Northeast Iowa. EPI serves over 5,500 children, adults, and families in Northeast Iowa a year and employs more than 400 dedicated individuals.