Press Releases

May 31, 2006

MEMORY GARDEN RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY

[ABERDEEN, MD] -On Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 1PM, The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region will "cut the ribbon" on a newly created Memory Garden located next to the administrative offices on Philadelphia Road. The project began in 2004 when Aaron Litz, the nephew of a gentleman long affiliated with The Arc, approached the agency about installing a garden as his Eagle Scout project. A small committee of faithful volunteers used a donation from the Evergreen Garden Club of Bel Air to purchase design services and plantings. Aaron engaged family members and fellow Scouts in the preparation work and planting and raised $1000 for the purchase of two benches. Dave and Linda Thomas of Bel Air contributed additional plantings, trees and labor in memory of her brother Dudley Wilcox. Dave Thomas recently completed the beautiful brick pathway leading to the Garden using more than 2000 bricks donated by L&L Supplies of Baltimore.

For the June Ribbon Cutting The Arc will place engraved bricks in this pathway to honor those served by The Arc or those no longer with us whose special gifts have contributed so much to this organization including: Paul Ambrose, Richard Arbuthnot, Mary Barnard, Richard Bodt, Blair Brugh, David Burkins, Roger Byrd, Matthew Cammarata, Linda Cartwright, Franklin Coale, Philip M. Cody, Annie McGann Compston, Eric Connolly, Robert Creecy, Rob Dare, Richard Endicott, Robert Florio, Adam Fowler, Evan James Fowler, Roger Glock, Cynthia Griczin, Connee Hopkins Grimes, Phyllis Carol Gross, Jo-Anne Hardesty, Gretchen Homer, Lilly Sue Hopkins, David Johnson, Sheila Ann Jones, Ona Karasa, Richard Kolchin, Jack Mc Elwain , Billy Memphis, Nicholas Kyle Miller, Christian Lorenzo Montoyo, Duane Neely, Elmer Ford Parks, Herman Pennington, III, John Perugino, Von Platt, Joe Puskarich, George Rhoads, Elizabeth Richards, Kenneth Ross, Keith Howell Shawkey, Mary Katherine Sheets, David Shelton, Carl E. "Eddie" Sheridan, Jr., Diane Sneddon, Paul H. Taylor, Marian Elizabeth Unruh, John N. Wheatley, Jr., Edna Staley Whitlock, Dudley Wilcox.

To attend the Ribbon Cutting or to purchase a brick, please contact Beverly Olsen, 410-836-7177, ext. 338 or Email Bev Olsen

The Arc offers a wide variety of services to individuals with developmental disabilities in Harford and Cecil County, both children and adults, to make informed choices in their lifestyles, vocations, education and recreational pursuits, and to assure stable and nurturing lives among their families and friends.