REM was founded in 1988 by Robert Eugene Miller and is leader in home/community based health, Title 19 Wavier and Employment services within the community. Together REM and Open Hands offer innovated programs and services to youth and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as other complex challenges. Through a range of personalized supports, we empower the individuals and
familes as they learn, grow, and thrive in the community we call home. REM is the 8th largest employer in WV. REM is part of the Mentor Network, a national network of local health and human service providers offering an array of quality, community-based services to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain and spinal cord injuries and other catastrophic injuries and illnesses and to youth with emotiopnal, behavioral and mental complex challenges as well as their families and to elders in need of support. Open Hands customers are offered a great shopping experience that cannot be found in conventional retail stores. It's a place where others unwanted and unused belongings are transformed into treasures. Old items become new with the magic of repurposing and upcycling. You may ask... what is upcycling? Upcycling is taking something that was discarded, broken or unwanted and giving it new life. Repurposing is taking those type of items and giving it new life, a new personality by totally converting it entirely into a new purpose or useful and desirable purpose. At Open Hands, we focus on giving the customer what they want by customizing unique home decor that truely expresses the customers sense of style and wishes while giving back to the community in which they live. Through repurposing/upcycling older disarded and broken items every purchase becomes a chance to make a difference in your community. Here you have the knowledge of knowing that your hard earned cash is going right back to your friends and neighbors pockets in exchange for more items that can be turned into treasures.
