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Westchester Arc
The Gleeson-Israel Gateway Center
265 Saw Mill River Road
Hawthorne, NY 10532
914.949.9300
info@westchesterarc.org

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2007 PARTNERSHIP
AWARD WINNERS

Community Partnership Award

Raymond Frost, Yaniv Gorodischer and Jason Kingsley, self-advocates, for petitioning the town of Greenburgh to build sidewalks on their traffic-filled street. The men drafted a petition, went door-to-door collecting signatures and then formally presented it to the town board on February 28.

School Partnership Award

Peekskill School District, for working with Westchester Arc’s Children’s School for Early Development to create community-based classes for pre-schoolers with developmental disabilities. Accepting for the school district was Lisa Hammel, CSE-CPSE chair.

Family Award

Mark Glucksman and Roberta Leiber, parents and advocates, for their longtime activism. They are active members of PACDS (Parent Assistance Committee on Down Syndrome), a volunteer arm of Westchester Arc that offers guidance and support to parents of children with Down syndrome. Their community efforts to involve children with disabilities in sports and the arts have served as models for Westchester Arc programs.

Youth Partnership Award

Nicholas Lombardi, for designing a button to increase public awareness of autism. Frustrated by the way community members react to some of his brother’s behavior, the 11- year-old designed a button reading, “I’m not misbehaving, I have autism. Please be understanding.” This thoughtful act by a concerned brother has led to a national movement.

Community Image Builder Award

Georgene Mongarella, interior designer, for arranging the donation of $250,000 worth of furniture for Westchester Arc’s new resource center in Hawthorne, New York.

Katzenberg Award

Susan Walker, Westchester Arc board member, for her significant efforts on behalf of the agency’s capital campaign, which raises funds for Westchester Arc’s new resource center and for agency programs that receive insufficient government support.

 

Westchester Arc Foundation Award

Entergy Nuclear Northeast for donating three grants totaling $45,000 to Westchester Arc for the purchase of a new vehicle and installation of energy-efficient windows at several of the agency’s group residences.

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