About Us
Community Links of Chelsea was established in November of 1999.
Jeanne Reed Link Manager (1999-2009)
The Company was established on 50 years of reputable experience of Supporting People with special needs.
Debbie Gray Link Manager (2009-Present)
The Community Links of Chelsea (Links), a non-profit organization, is a custom printing and custom vinyl creation business residing in the town of Chelsea, Oklahoma. Links mission statement is:
“Linking communities, increasing knowledge, expanding horizons, offering opportunities.”
The Community Options, Inc., an agency that provides vocational and residential services to people with special needs, established the Links in November of 1999.
The Links started Custom Printing Business on December 1, 1999 with Bobby Callison as the only employee for sales and printing services. On December 7, 2006 Bob Callison received Governor Commendation for his outstanding achievements.
Office Supply retail business was added in March 2000.
Former Links manager and Community Options Program Coordinator, Jeanne Reed, said that:
“Bobby kept talking about doing different things, and we tried to brainstorm together and find out what we could do that would be different.”
They then brought up the idea of a paper and off they went. On April 2000, the Links published the first issue of the “Little Green Paper” also known as “Links”. It is a bi-monthly paper putout by persons with special needs. It is a free publication publishes on the 5th and the 20th of each month. Advertising pays for the cost of the paper and the wages paid to the individuals. It is the only paper in the state of Oklahoma that is produced by people with special needs. The Little Green Paper was recognized in the 2006 issue of the “Interface” publication putout by Oklahoma Department of Human Services.
The Little Green Paper is a free community paper that includes information such as upcoming events, local library information, informative and heartwarming articles, and also includes fun puzzles, and coloring pages. All puzzles and the coloring page are produced in-house by people with special needs. When starting out, the Little Green Paper was only 4 pages long and only 200 copies went around, now the paper is a whopping 40 pages long and several thousand copies go out. The paper is delivered to drop sites in Craig, Rogers, Mayes, Ottawa, and Delaware counties.
