TEEN HOPES FESTIVAL SHEDS LIGHT ON DOWN SYNDROME.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer Justin Graf wants his Viewpoint School  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . classmates Classmates can refer to either:
The 15-year-old sophomore at the Calabasas private school learned last year that his peers with the disorder share many of his interests and make great friends. He hopes that his classmates learn the same lesson at the big ``Spring Eggstravaganza'' he has organized for today for about 50 children with Down syndrome from North Hollywood. ``They like the same stuff we do, and I want the other kids to realize that and not have a closed mind about Down syndrome,'' Justin said. Though Justin put the event together as part of a required community-service project, he has poured his heart into it and gone way beyond what was needed, said Lisa Olson Lisa Olson (born circa 1964) is an American sportswriter for the New York Daily News. In 1990, while working at the Boston Herald, she was sexually harassed by New England Patriots football players in the team's locker room. , community-service director for the school. He even got a $500 grant from Time Warner to help finance the project, she said. ``This is pretty big,'' Olson said. Justin will play host at the festival, including an Easter egg An undocumented function hidden in software that may or may not be sanctioned by management. Easter Eggs are secret "goodies" found by word of mouth or accident. They are also used in video games, movies, TV commercials, DVDs, CDs, CD-ROMs and every so often in hardware. hunt, relay races, crafts activities and other events intended to bring visiting youngsters and Viewpoint students together. ``I wanted them to come to our school and have fun and have a really good time and relate it to Easter,'' he said. Last year he took part in a Viewpoint program with Activities for Retarded Children in North Hollywood, where the friendliness of the children with Down syndrome made a strong impression on him. He quickly became a friend of one boy who shared Justin's passionate interest in pool, video games See video game console. and sports. ``I had a really fun time talking to him,'' Justin said. ``I had a lot of the same interests he did.'' |
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