DAILY NEWS COLUMNIST RECEIVES CENTER'S AWARD.Byline: Daily News The Independent Living Center of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, on Sunday honored Daily News columnist Dennis McCarthy Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
Born and raised in Portland, his father was English and mother Polish. , the late Sheriff Sherman Block and the Pitney Bowes corporation for their contributions to the dignity and independence of the disabled. The organization presented the awards at its 22nd anniversary gala fund-raising dinner at the Skirball Cultural Center  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . McCarthy received the Darrell McDaniel Award for writing stories that ``raise social conscience and improve attitudes of the public toward people with disabilities.'' McCarthy's column, the center stated, ``regularly features informative and community-minded pieces on people, places and activities of disabled persons.'' Mann received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as chairman of MiniMed and the Advanced Bionics Corp. & Medical Research Group, which develop and manufacture devices that assist people with disabilities. In addition, Mann founded and serves as board chair of the Alfred E. Mann Foundation, a nonprofit research foundation that promotes the development of medical devices. Block, who died Oct. 29, received the Founders Award for creating better ways to deal with disabled inmates in the local penal system, and for promoting learning and literacy among juvenile inmates. Pitney Bowes received the Corporate Service Award for its development of equipment accessible to the disabled, including a new photocopier photocopier Device for producing copies of text or graphic material by the use of light, heat, chemicals, or electrostatic charge. Most modern copiers use a method called xerography. with speech recognition, an oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. graphic user interface See GUI. and a Braille labeling system. Since its formation in 1976, the Independent Living Center has helped more than 80,000 clients with physical, mental, vision, hearing and other disabilities to gain personal and professional independence. It serves clients in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys, and the Glendale-Burbank area. The Sunday gala dinner and silent auction raised more than $30,000 for those efforts. CAPTION(S): photo PHOTO McCARTHY |
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