TINTON FALLS — The Arc of Monmouth and its BusinessAdvisory Council will hold an Employer Appreciation Breakfast to celebrate employers who have discovered that hiring or contracting qualified and welltrained individuals with disabilities contributes to their success.

The Employer Appreciation Breakfast will take place 8-10 a.m. Friday, May 13, at the Sheraton Eatontown Hotel in Eatontown.

Five companies, Wawa (No. 411 Manalapan, No. 784 Marlboro, and No. 996 Tinton Falls); Amenco, of Red Bank; Cenogenics, of Morganville; Staples, of Shrewsbury; and Sam’s Club, of Freehold, will receive awards at the breakfast. These businesses have employed people with disabilities in their facilities or supplied subcontract work to be performed at The Arc’s Work Opportunity Center in Long Branch and by students in the Dorothy B. Hersh High School at the Arc Center in Tinton Falls.

The Employer Appreciation Breakfast is an excellent opportunity for the local business community to network and learn of the benefits of a diversified work force. Find out how hiring and contracting people with disabilities is good for the bottom line and how it improves a company’s brand image.

For information about the breakfast or employment and vocational services for people with disabilities, contact Nan Owen at 732-866-0435.

The Arc of Monmouth serves more than 1,400 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities with education, vocational training, residential services, health care, supported employment, recreation, social services, self-directed services and advocacy.

To learn more about The Arc of Monmouth, call 732-493-1919 or visit www.arcofmonmouth.org.