DISABLED FIT INTO SOCIETY AS HELPERS.Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
Finally, they're out there working and volunteering in the community where they belong, not living in the shadows where they don't. Out there, packing 175 meals a day -- for the Sunland Senior Center to deliver to homebound home·bound adj. Restricted or confined to home, as of an invalid. seniors -- and setting up and busing tables for 200 seniors who eat lunch each day at ONEGeneration in Van Nuys. Out there washing patrol cars at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's Foothill Division and unloading dozens of trucks for the Salvation Army Salvation Army, Protestant denomination and international nonsectarian Christian organization for evangelical and philanthropic work. Organization and Beliefs The Salvation Army has established branches in 100 countries throughout the world. in Glendale. This year alone, the 200 men and women with developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. from the Tierra Del Sol Foundation in Sunland have donated more than 30,000 hours to help 40 community organizations. Not bad for talented, hardworking people who society felt, not that long ago, had to be protected and segregated for their own good. How wrong society was. ``When I started here 17 years ago, something like this wasn't even on the horizon,'' said Steve Miller The name Steve Miller might refer to:
``There's a new understanding of people considered developmentally disabled. Everyone has something to give to the community, and everyone has something to benefit from being part of that community. ``Our society can't afford not to take whatever contributions they can make. And, believe me, they make a lot.'' Just ask Kelly Bruno at ONEGeneration, or Sherry Revord, nutrition coordinator for the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Interfaith Council, or John Gibbs This article is about the American settler. For the inventor, see John Dixon Gibbs. For the Lt. Governor of Minnesota, see John L. Gibbs. Lt. John Gibbs (c. 1600 – 1659) is an early American settler and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. , garage manager at Foothill. Every day, these people see it and believe it. ``From the moment the folks from Tierra walk in every morning, they're cheerful and have developed this amazing interaction with our kids and seniors, who love them,'' Bruno said. ``We're not creating jobs for them. They're genuinely contributing and fulfilling a need. Having them volunteering their time for our 200 seniors and delivering lunch to the 90 kids in our classrooms allows us to shepherd our resources into new programs and services,'' Bruno added. Revord said the Tierra volunteers are ``like rays of sunshine'' when they arrive at Sunland Senior Center. ``When they come in here every morning, they absolutely light up our senior center. Everybody loves them, and they help us fulfill a great need in our community for homebound seniors.'' At the Foothill LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. station, Gibbs has noticed more officers have been walking to the motor transport division lately to meet the people doing such a great job washing and cleaning the interiors of their squad cars. ``We've never had anyone work harder, do a better job or be more grateful for the kind words and praise,'' he said. ``It's a joy to work with them.'' Yeah, not bad for a group of talented, hardworking people who society once thought had to be protected and segregated for their own good. How wrong we were. dennis.mccarthy(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3749 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: An officer, rear, gratefully looks in on volunteer Fred DeVoogd, working to keep patrol cars clean and shiny for the LAPD's Foothill Division. |
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