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cm: Explain the “HIT” name. Mike Remboldt: HIT was incorporated in 1979 as Housing, Industry and Training Inc. by a group of concerned Mandan citizens who had family members with disabilities. Seven of them got together as the first board of directors and founded HIT. Back then, the two options were Grafton (North Dakota Developmental Center) or out of state if you wanted to get services for your loved ones. The concept was to provide “housing” for people with disabilities, help them get a job, which would be “industry,” and train them to live in the community, “training.” Housing, Industry and Training became antiquated language and created some confusion on what we really do. I’d get phone calls from people who had just moved to the community saying they wanted help looking for a house and finding a job. I’d have to explain to them that’s not what we do. Right now, technically, even though the name has some history, the acronym “HIT” doesn’t stand for anything. cm: Not everyone can work with someone with a disability. Is it a challenge to find employees? Mike Remboldt: It takes somebody very patient, who has the ability not to do “for” somebody but “with” somebody. If I need help doing laundry, and you’re just going to do my laundry for me, that’s not the kind of staff we’re looking for. We’re looking for someone who will do laundry “with” me. In other words, help me when I need help and encourage me and teach me so I can eventually do my own laundry. It takes a caring attitude and someone who doesn’t mind being seen in public with somebody that has a disability—so, it has to be someone with confidence. When you work with a person with disabilities, they become part of your life. If they have a bad day or become ill, you go home and worry about them and you can’t wait to get to work the next day to see how they’re doing. At our group homes we’ve had situations when all the residents go home for Christmas except for one, and several staff members ask if they can take that person home with them for Christmas. cm: You’ve been with HIT for almost 20 years. What are you most proud of? Mike Remboldt: Years ago, the financial stability wasn’t there. Since I’ve been at HIT, we’ve never operated in the red. That’s one of the things I’m most proud of. The other thing is our growth. Growth, in and of itself, isn’t always a positive thing, but I look at it from the standpoint of how many more people we can provide services to. When I got to HIT, we had 200 employees and we were a $6 million program. Now we have 530 employees and we’re going to be a $23 million program this year. It’s not just the growth; we also look at the quality of service, which we measure through such indicators as guardian satisfaction, individual satisfaction, job placement, accreditation and licensure surveys. cm: You list riding a Harley as one of your hobbies. What does riding do for you? Mike Remboldt: For me, it’s solitude and freedom: no cell phones, no fax machine and no email. You feel like you’re part of the environment you’re driving through. If it’s hot and humid, you feel that stickiness and if it’s cool going down through the valleys you feel that. Any smell is intense. My wife rides her own Harley, so every summer we plan a seven to 10 day vacation on our bikes. Our goal is to ride in every state. Last summer, our destination was Las Vegas. We don’t believe in “trailering,” as it’s all about the journey and not so much about the destination. We will ride as much as 775 miles a day, but usually somewhere between 300 and 400 miles per day, which allows plenty of time to stop and enjoy the scenery. We drove through Death Valley when it was 118 degrees one day and experienced Hoover Dam the next day. I’ve always liked the outdoors—riding motorcycle in the summer and hunting in the fall. I can’t get enough of it. I average 13,000 miles per year on the motorcycle (I drive it like a vehicle) and get out hunting with my English Setter 30 to 35 times during pheasant season. Tom Regan, a former editor of City Magazine, has been a media professional for over 40 years. See Mike Remboldt’s answers to the “City Mag 10” questionnaire by visiting thecitymag.com and clicking “Extra Content.” CITY MAGAZINE COVER STORY
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