A boom in 'encore careers' Jun 1, 2009
Jamie Kaplan, a 58-year-old former corporate lawyer from Maine who in 2003 cofounded the Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness, is using his fellowship to lay the groundwork for expanding his educational program beyond Maine. Thanks to connections made at Harvard, he's launching pilot partnerships with City Year and Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth. (Boston Globe)
Local organization to celebrate 25 years of service May 3, 2009
Thursday, November 1, 2007 2:13 PM CDT. RACINE - Society's Assets will conduct its 25th Anniversary Banquet beginning at 5:15 p.m. May 13 at Roma Lodge, 7130 Spring St.. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
CPARC recognizes achievements, independence Mar 16, 2009
CPARC recognized several exceptional clients, including Strunk, and one volunteer Saturday with an awards dinner as part of Intellectual Disabilities Awareness Month. Originally founded as Cumberland County Association for Retarded Children in 1953, the organization helps those with developmental disabilities to get the job and life skills others take for granted every day. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
What's happenin' Sunday Mar 15, 2009
Same Difference Inclusive Theatre Co. presents "Same Difference: A Disabilities Awareness Play," by Melissa Ann Hansen, at the Same Difference Theatre, 900 W. Broadway, at 2 p.m. Sunday. The community-based touring theater company, established in Butte in 2004, features performers with and without disabilities. (Montana Standard, MT)
ISU sets awareness week Feb 20, 2009
Disabilities Awareness Week: 'Growing Awareness. Pocatello - Idaho State University's ADA and Disability Resource Center will present its second annual Disabilities Awareness Week on the theme "Growing Awareness" Feb. 23-27. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
