NEW HORIZONS PLANS TO SALUTE MCCARTHY.Daily News columnist Dennis McCarthy, family volunteer Roseline Susman and Wells Fargo Bank will be honored Friday at the second annual New Horizons gala at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. New Horizons was started in 1954 as a support group for seven local families with developmentally disabled children who had nowhere else to turn. Since then, the North Hills-based nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. has helped change the lives of more than 23,000 people 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. by teaching them socialization socialization /so·cial·iza·tion/ (so?shal-i-za´shun) the process by which society integrates the individual and the individual learns to behave in socially acceptable ways. so·cial·i·za·tion n. and job skills. Today, New Horizons provides more than $1 million a year in goods and services In economics, economic output is divided into physical goods and intangible services. Consumption of goods and services is assumed to produce utility (unless the "good" is a "bad"). It is often used when referring to a Goods and Services Tax. to families with special-needs children, and job training for more than 700 developmentally disabled adults a year. The gala begins at 6:30 p.m. For tickets and more information, call Nancy Banks at (818) 894-9301, Ext. 340. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion