>>GERRY: HERE'S WHAT'S MAKING NEWS AROUND INDIANA... PURDUE POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL IS EXPANDING BEYOND MARION
COUNTY WITH A THIRD CAMPUS IN SOUTH BEND NEXT FALL. THE SCHOOL NETWORK CURRENTLY HAS TWO LOCATIONS: ONE AT CIRCLE
CENTRE MALL IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS, THE OTHER BROAD RIPPLE. ITS CURRICULUM IS FOCUSED ON
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATH. THE SOUTH BEND SCHOOL INTENDS TO ENROLL 125 STUDENTS IN ITS
FRESHMAN CLASS NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. >>>MISHAWAKA-BASED CHARTER BUS COMPANY ROYAL EXCURSION MAY BE HIRING SOON-TO-BE-JOBLESS
EMPLOYEES OF COACH USA WHICH LAST WEEK ANNOUNCED PLANS TO SHUT DOWN SERVICE IN NORTHWEST INDIANA.
ROYAL EXCURSION IS IN TALKS WITH THE OPERATORS OF THE INDIANA AIRPORT SUPERSAVER SHUTTLE BUS SERVICE, WHICH CONNECTS
NORTHWEST INDIANA TO CHICAGO AIRPORTS. THE COMPANY SAYS IT INTENDS TO START SERVICE EARLY NEXT YEAR.
>>>IN TERRE HAUTE, HONEY CREEK MALL HAS A NEW NAME THANKS TO RACHEL SCOTT OF QUINCY, INDIANA, WHO WON A RENAMING CONTEST THAT
GARNERED MORE THAN 1,000 ENTRIES. THE MALL IS NOW HAUTE CITY CENTER.
OUT OF THE BOX VENTURES BOUGHT THE MALL IN MAY AND LAUNCHED THE RENAMING HONEY CREEK CONTEST IN SEPTEMBER.
>>GERRY: SINCE 1939, CROSSROADS INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, A DIVISION OF EASTERSEALS CROSSROADS, HAS BEEN PROVIDING COMPANIES WITH
FLEXIBLE, CUSTOMIZED MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLY AND SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTIONS, INCREASING PRODUCTION
CAPABILITIES AND LOWERING COSTS. RECENTLY EASTERSEALS MADE ITS THIRD ACQUISITION, TECHNA-FIT INC. IN BROWNSBURG.
WITH MORE ON HOW IT WILL HELP THE NONPROFIT SERVE EVEN MORE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OR SPECIAL NEEDS IS CEO J. PATRICK
SANDY. WELCOME! >> THANK YOU. >> FIRST OF ALL, I THINK MOST
PEOPLE KNOW THE EASTER SEALS NAME BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME BUT GIVE US THE MODEL AND WHAT EASTER SEALS THE CROSSROADS IS
ALL ABOUT. >> WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES FROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR LIFE INFANCY
ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE LIFESPAN. SO THAT CAN TAKE THE FORM OF THERAPY SERVICES.
IT CAN BE EMPLOYMENT SERVICES. WE TRY AND GRADUATE OUR SERVICES AS THE PERSON GROWS OLDER. >> YOU ENGAGE IN AN EARLY AGE
AND IN TERM OF THE IMPACT LAST YEAR EASTER SEALS CROSSROADS SERVED NEARLY 9,000 INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES OR SPECIAL
NEEDS SO A LOT OF IMPACT. >> CORRECT. >> IN TERMS OF FUNDING AND THIS IS AN INTERESTING PART OF THE
CROSSROADS STORY. IS THE WAY YOU DO BUSINESS. AS A NONPROFIT YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S GETTING TOUGHER AND
TOUGHER. 25 PERCENT OF YOUR REVENUE AND YOUR SUPPORT COMES FROM PHILANTHROPY.
>> THAT'S CORRECT AND THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH SHOWING PHILANTHROPY IS DROPPING OFF IN TERMS OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND
EVEN THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAKING DONATIONS TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE CROSSROADS. >> AS I LOOK AT YOU ARE A
NONPROFIT DOING BUSINESS LIKE A FOR-PROFIT LOOKING AT WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE AND A GREAT EXAMPLE THE RICCI RECENT
ACQUISITION IN BROWNSBURG. >> WE IMPLEMENTED A PLAN A FEW YEARS AGO TO START TRYING TO SOLVE OUR OWN PROBLEM IN TERMS
OF THE LOSS OF FUNDING. SO WE LOOKED FIRST AT PURCHASING COMPANIES THAT WE COULD BRING INTO OUR INDUSTRIAL SERVICE
DIVISION THAT WOULD PROVIDE A MARGIN TO SUPPORT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT ARE SUPPORTING
FOLKS WITH DISABILITY AND BEING AS INDEPENDENT AS POSSIBLE. TECHNO FIT IS OUR THIRD ACQUISITION.
OUR FIRST ONE WAS A ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SCANNING COMPANY. WE BROUGHT THAT COMPANY INTO EASTER SEALS CROSSROADS
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES IN 2013. THAT WENT WELL AND SO WE BROUGHT IN ANOTHER COMPANY AND THIS WAS ONE WE PURCHASED OUT OF CHICAGO
AND THE NAME OF THAT COMPANY WAS -- IS NOW CROSS CONTROLS AND IT MAKES PRESSURE SWITCHES FOR HVAC SYSTEMS AND HEATERS, BOILERS AND
THAT SORT OF THING FOR COMMERCIAL USE. >> WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS UNIQUE. I THINK UNIQUE IN INDIANA.
IS THAT ACCURATE? >> IT IS. IT'S BUILT ON THE MODEL OF BEING A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE.
WE ARE PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPORT OUR CAUSE, R-VALUE OUR MISSION AND DOING THAT BY GENERATING INCOME OURSELVES TO
DO THAT. >> ONLY 30 SECONDS, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING THE ACQUISITION IN BROWNSBURG HAD MULTIPLE
POTENTIAL BUYERS BUT ENDED UP, THEY WANTED YOU TO BE THE BUYER. >> WHAT WE DID IS WE HAD THEM COME TO EASTER SEALS CROSSROADS
AND SEE OUR INDUSTRIAL SERVICES DIVISION AND SEE WHAT WE WERE DOING IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES AND THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WORKING THERE. AND THEY SAY WHEN THEY LEFT THE BUILDING THEY MADE THE DECISION TO SELL THE COMPANY TO US
BECAUSE NOT ONLY IT ALLOWED AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THEIR LEGACY BUT MOVED TO A HIGHER CAUSE TO SUPPORT PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. >> EASTER SEALS CROSSROADS MAKES HUGE IMPACT IN INDIANA AND J. PATRICK SANDY THE CEO, THANKS