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DOCO, Inc Sheltered Workshop is committed to providing dignified and meaningful employment to the handicapped and disabled workers of Ava and Douglas County in a safe, supportive and productive environment allowing them to reach their own full potential.

11/14/2025

OCTOBER EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH!! ❤️🥇🏆🏅

October employees of the month are our students and teachers in our high school partnership!!

DOCO partners with both Ava high and Gainesville high school - every day these students join our team and learn valuable real-world job skills, practice appropriate workplace boundaries, build healthy camaraderie, and gain the confidence that comes from meaningful work. Watching them grow, side by side with our employees, only adds to our mission.

So this month we’re celebrating the students who show up curious, capable, and ready to contribute. We’re celebrating the teachers who show up with compassion, patience, and a genuine belief in what their students can accomplish. Both students and teachers inspire us, lift up our workplace, and remind us why we Lead with Kindness in everything we do!

Congratulations, Ava and Gainesville students and teachers!! ❤️❤️🥇🏅🏆

11/13/2025

SEPTEMBER EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH!! ❤️🥇🏅🏆

(Yes, yes, we know it’s not September. We’re almost caught up!)

Chase West is September employee of the month!!

Chase began here at DOCO with our high school partnership. He also has been participating in our extra training hours. He has TRIPLED his productivity! Tripled!

Congratulations, Chase!! ❤️❤️

11/12/2025

AUGUST EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH! 🏆🥇🏅❤️

(Yes, we know it’s not August! We’re catching up!)

Amanda Morgan is our August employee of the month!

Amanda has been participating in extra training sessions and she has increased her productivity by almost a third! We’re SO proud of her!!

Congratulations, Amanda! ❤️🏆🏅🥇

11/11/2025

JULY EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH!! ❤️🥇🏆🏅

(Yes, we all know that it’s not July 🙂)

Our July employee of the month is Loretta Fritz!!

Loretta is celebrating 17 years of employment at DOCO this year! She just recently received a promotion and title change to Team Lead in the pallet department. We’re so so very proud of her!

Congratulations, Loretta!!

11/05/2025

Our newest Lead with Kindness design has arrived — Kindness is the Harvest! This fall-inspired tee is more than just a shirt; it’s a reminder that when we plant seeds of compassion, inclusion, and understanding… we all reap something beautiful.

Each shirt is proudly made right here at DOCO Inc. by our amazing team of individuals with developmental disabilities — every print, every fold, every tag reflects their dedication and pride in their work.

By purchasing, you’re helping provide dignified employment and skill-building opportunities for our local community members with disabilities.

Available in two choices - graphite heather tee OR sand long sleeve tee! All tees are $20 and all long sleeve are $25. Youth sizes available as well ONLY in graphite heather - tees will be $15 and long sleeve for $20.

Available now at DOCO — wear your kindness and share the harvest!

10/25/2025

Big things are coming in DOCO!

We’ll soon have our own store (of sorts)!

We’ve been asked time and time again to have ready-made tees and hoodies - from screen printing to Lead with Kindness to our unique Ava Bears line. And soon we will!

10/06/2025

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) — a time to celebrate the Value and Talent that individuals with disabilities bring to our workplaces, our community, and our world.

At DOCO, Inc., we’re SO proud to provide dignified, meaningful employment for adults with developmental disabilities right here in Ava and Douglas County. Every task, every smile, every success story reminds us that ability shines brightest when given opportunity.

To celebrate, we’ve created a limited-edition NDEAM shirt highlighting the theme: “Celebrating Value and Talent.”
Each shirt is printed by our amazing team and supports ongoing employment opportunities for our workers.

Lead with Kindness. Celebrate with Purpose. Celebrate Value and Talent.

Each shirt is only $20 - all sizes Small through 4XL!

Grab your shirt today and show your support for inclusive employment!

09/19/2025

Week 3! One week left!

09/16/2025

Kindness is in our Bones this Halloween!

Spooky season is here, and we’re celebrating with a design that’s more than just festive—it’s full of meaning. Every shirt we create at DOCO is made with dignity and purpose by our incredible employees with developmental challenges.

When you wear our Lead with Kindness Halloween tee, you’re not only showing off your spooky spirit—you’re helping provide meaningful jobs and opportunities right here in Douglas County.

Inclusivity never goes out of style - all sizes are the same! $20 for small through 4xl in your choice of heather orange or heather purple!

We also offer youth sizes - 5t will be our largest toddler size - Small through XL in youth! Those are inclusively priced at $15!

09/15/2025

DOCO is not a recycling facility! We have not been a recycling facility in over a decade!

We will NOT take your cardboard, your glass, your paper, your furniture, none of it! We are no longer a recycling facility!

Please know I hate being harsh about this but yet again, someone attempted to just dump cardboard boxes in our parking lot right on top of the picnic table. If we were a recycling facility, there would be bins to separate it all. There is not.

We are a manufacturing facility designed to employ developmentally disabled. They do the work here. They are not your maids or sanitation workers. When you dump here, you are disrespecting them and nothing infuriates me more than that.

Address

1306 Prince Street
Ava, MO
65608

Opening Hours

Monday	7am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	7am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	7am - 4:30pm
Thursday	7am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+14176833915

Website

http://www.docoinc.org/

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