June 2025 Team Talk Employee Newsletter
Gateways Guardian Summer 2025
Thanks to our 2025 Golf Outing Sponsors
Thank You to Our Incredible Sponsors!
The 2025 Gateways to Better Living Golf Outing is officially sold out — and we couldn’t have done it without the support of our amazing sponsors. Their generosity helps us continue our mission, and we are truly grateful!
Gateways to Better Living and Grizzly Bean Coffee Shop partner to show Artwork+ Coffee= No Boundaries
Grizzly Bean Coffee Shop Showcases Artwork by Individuals with Disabilities
Austintown, Ohio — Starting in June, Grizzly Bean Coffee Shop is brewing up more than just your favorite cup of coffee—they’re serving up creativity and inclusion. In partnership with Gateways to Better Living, Grizzly Bean is proudly featuring original artwork by individuals with developmental disabilities on their coffee sleeves.
Beginning next month, every coffee purchased at Grizzly Bean will come wrapped in a one-of-a-kind sleeve designed by a local artist served by Gateways to Better Living. These unique sleeves will be distributed with drinks while supplies last.
“This collaboration is a celebration of ability, creativity, and community,” says Kristie Murphy, Community Engagement Director at Gateways to Better Living. “Our artists are incredibly proud to share their work, and we’re thrilled to see it appreciated in such a public and meaningful way.”
Gateways to Better Living supports adults with developmental disabilities throughout the Mahoning Valley, providing opportunities to grow, connect, and thrive.
Stop by Grizzly Bean in Austintown this June to enjoy not only a delicious beverage, but a piece of local art that makes every cup more meaningful.
Gateways to Better Living wins 2025 Canstruction event with Pac-Man structure
Gateways to Better Living wins 2025 Canstruction event with Pac- – WFMJ.com
Gateways to Better Living wins 2025 Canstruction event with Pac-Man structure
The theme for this year’s competition was “Games: Win the Battle Against Hunger.”
Teams from across the Mahoning Valley used canned goods to build structures at the Eastwood Mall to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank.
The theme for this year’s competition was “Games: Win the Battle Against Hunger.”
Each team was given a 10×10 area to create a structure coinciding with the theme. A bowling ball and pin, a pool table, Link from The Legend of Zelda, a Rubik’s Cube and cornhole boards were just some of the designs.
Teams participating included:
- Pizza Joe’s / Classi-Co Foods
- Senior Care Insurance
- Second Harvest Food Bank
- OH WOW!
- The Cafaro Company
- YSU Sokolov Honors College
- Country Kids & Critters 4-H
- John F. Kennedy Catholic School
- Gateways to Better Living
- Daniel Haggerty
Gateways to Better Living was selected as the winner. They used more than 1,000 cans to form an Etch-A-Sketch depicting Pac-Man.
Second Harvest Food Bank is the true winner each year. The food used to create the structures will be donated to the pantry when the summer-long display is over.