THIS MONTH’S ISSUE The View From My Chair
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Garden Center Family Spotlight
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Amazing Year for GCS Artists
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Around GCS
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THE LEAFLET ISSUE NOV YEAR 2011
The View From My Chair a message from our Executive director
OUR MISSION Garden Center Services is committed to supporting and empowering persons with developmental disabilities through innovative and person-centered services. Our commitment to the excellence of our programs is surpassed only by our devotion to the people we serve and the communities in which they live.
As many of you already know, this past in the services available to persons with weekend Garden Center Services lost a developmental disabilities and their access parent that was instrumental in the founding to what our communities offer, there are still of our organization, and who for over miles to go for our consumers to fully realize 50 years was a staunch supporter and and experience their rights to engaged and advocate for her son, for all meaningful lives. the individuals we serve, and I believe the strong for the agency she loved so and ...agencies like ours cooperation much. Mrs. Dorothy Cyga, communication between wouldn’t exist if it along with her husband the agency’ staff and Steve, collaborated with a families of those wasn’t for the tireless the small group of other parents we serve is one of the that had young children greatest strengths of our asking, demanding, with disabilities in the mid agency, and what helps to 1950s, to establish a setting and not settling carried distinguish us from other that would provide care and service providers. Taking activities throughout the out by so many of our on the responsibility of week. At a small, donated caring for and protecting families. classroom above the your loved ones at either bus garage at Revis High the day program or in our School, the foundation was laid for what homes, is something we take very seriously would become the Garden Center Services and are committed to. Though there may be that today supports over 140 adults with times we see things differently, I have no developmental disabilities in our two day and doubt that we all have the best interests of multiple residential programs. our consumers at heart. It is a deeply accurate statement that This is no time to let up on our advocacy agencies like ours, and the programs we efforts. Especially given we’re located in the provide, wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the state of Illinois, we must continue the good tireless asking, demanding, and not settling fight on behalf of equal rights and adequate carried out by so many of our families. funding for persons with developmental Though we have made positive strides disabilities. Let’s make Dorothy proud!
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