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Dan Witkowski

June 19, 2024

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Hudson, NY

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Annie Reynolds

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Summary:

This interview was conducted on June 19, 2024 at The Spark of Hudson in Hudson, New York as part of Oral History Summer School’s 2024 Oral History Intensive. Dan Witkowski is 36 years old. He has lived in group homes since he was five years old and describes himself as someone who loves life.

In this interview, Dan describes what he loves about In Flight Inc., an agency for adults with developmental disabilities, where he has lived for the past 20 years. He discusses his job as a cashier at ShopRite, including some of its challenges and that he loves helping people. Dan describes activities that have been meaningful for him in his life, including acting and bowling. He names Camphill Hudson as one place that has been important to him as a home for his passions for acting and theater.

Throughout the interview, Dan emphasizes the importance of his family. He speaks of early memories with his cousins and expresses pride for his mom, who will receive her high school diploma during the year this interview was recorded. Dan concludes his interview by sharing his dream to be a sports broadcaster, which he is currently working towards as he, too, finishes his high school diploma. He shares another dream of eventually having a house with a wife and kids.

This interview may be of interest to those wishing to hear about grocery store cashiering, passions for bowling and theater, Camphill Hudson, and group homes and activities for adults with disabilities.

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Annie Reynolds
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