Carey Service to host Denim and Diamonds at Marion Campus

Carey Services will host Denim and Diamonds at its campus this Saturday at 5:30 p.m. 

The event will feature new updates, bingo, prizes and food served by The Kitchen Company, a program designed for career training for people with disabilities. 

“Denim and Diamonds every year is an opportunity for us to partner with the community and celebrate people with disabilities, the families and children that we serve in Early Head Start, and share updates,” Allbaugh, CEO of Carey Services said. “We wanted to bring the community into our facilities here on our main campus in Marion to really let folks see where  the magic is happening,” 

Kelly Scher, vice president of advancement at Carey Services, said recent renovations also influenced the decision to host the event on campus. 

“So this year’s Denim and Diamonds is being held on our campus in Marion. This is being done as a way to showcase some of the new space that we have renovated in the last year and a half and talk through some new and exciting things that we have in vision for the future,” Scher said. 

Each year, Denim and Diamonds celebrates diversity and inclusion through its dress code. 

“When you think of denim and diamonds, you think of your denim as being more casual and your diamonds a little more dressed up. And so that’s similar to the idea that we’re very different from one another,” Scher said. 

“When we all come together, we make a great community that’s diverse and inclusive, and that’s what we celebrate. So we encourage people to dress however they want,” Scher said. 

In the past, attendees have ranged from those in T-shirts and jeans to others in elegant evening gowns. 

Teresa and Troy Cass have attended Denim and Diamonds for the past two years. “It’s been a true celebration, the years we’ve attended,” Teresa Cass said. 

A large goal of the event is to help raise money and awareness around Carey Services and their mission.

“I think this event allows the community to not only financially support Carey Services, but get an inside look at all Carey Services has to offer,” Teresa Cass said.