RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION - Genesee County

Trainable class starts January 28. 12-27-1962Larayne Duddy to teach Trainables at Brooklyn School. 1-22-1963Washinton School Annex to have 21 children again. 8-29-1963Genesee County Council to help retarded children - to have meeting inWilliams Park. 9-3-1963To meet. 11-4-1965State Director of ARC to speak. 11-30-1965First meeting held. 1-6-1966Genesee Council to help retarded. 2-9-1966Council for Aid to Retarded to meet. 2-16-1966Organized, Charter received. 6-3-1966Joining National Association. Mrs. John Duddy of Le Roy, president ofGenesee County Chapter of Association for Retarded Children, Inc. 3-9-1966County chapter to meet. 10-5-1966To meet at Presbyterian Church. 1-4-1967Plans information booth. 11-16-1967ARROC hears of Sheltered Workshop. 3-13-1968Outline of talk. 3-16-1968Association to elect. 5-8-1968To hold 3rd annual dinner. 6-4-1968Dr. Gold to talk on slow learner. 6-5-1968To collect names of pre-school retarded children. 1-2-1969School officials plan new class for the handicapped. 8-22-1969Winegar on Marge Cervone and ARROC. 11-13-1969ARROC president G. Kenneth Miner. 7-8-1970ARROC to start Sheltered Workshop at Salvation Army Citadel. 10-16-1971Picture: Sheltered Workshop Comm. 11-3-1971Plans Sheltered Workshop. 8-5-1972Winegar on Sheltered Workshop. 8-9-1972RUTH McEVOY COLLECTIONSUBJECT TEXT DATEAssociation for Retarded Children Rock Concert raises $800 for. 8-21-1972(cont) New Executive Director, Thomas Rich. 10-18-1972Thomas Rich, new Executive Director. 11-1-1972Rich gets assistant: Young. 11-4-1972Sheltered Workshop planned for next year. 11-23-1972Plans Sheltered Workshop in 1973 - five concerns to offer jobs. 11-24-1972Winegar on Sheltered Workshop. 1-8-1973Picture: Sheltered Workshop at Chapins. 1-29-1973Achievement Center at County Building 2 open Sunday. 5-22-1973ARC to discuss summer camp for retarded. 4-2-1973Achievement Center - County Building 2 open Wednesday. 5-22-1973Pictures: Achievement Center. 6-16-1973Retarded busy at Achievement Center, Donald Wolf, director. 7-28-1973Youth Concert to aid finances. 7-28-1973Sheltered Workshop renamed Achievement Center. 30 now served -County wants it to move. 10-9-1973Special Olympics planned. 3-8-1974Achievement Center: County Building 2 does large amount of business,doeswork for: Eastern Molding; Fisher-Price of Medina; Whitney Overhead