The ADA-'can't live without it!
Banquet and Silent Auction August 2nd
Personal ads in the ADA program are $10 for 1-25 words,$20 for 26-50 words and so on. Tell us why the ADA is important to you! Send your entry to PACE 1317 E. Florida, Urbana, Illinois 61802
Join us Saturday August 2nd at the Holiday Inn, 1001 Kilarney in Urbana. The festivities start with a Silent Auction at 11 am and the banquet begins with dinner at noon.
Tickets are $20.00 each and reservations can be made by calling 217 344-5433. Seating is limited so make your reservations early!
If you are unable to attend but would like to donate a dinner for someone of low income who could not otherwise attend please send your donation designated for complimentarly dinner to:
PACE, Inc. 1317 E. Florida Urbana, Illinois 61802
Attention Sara.
Businesses and Organizations can place ads in our Program - see the flyer below.
Just 18 years ago, on July 26, 1990, the need for accessibility was recognized in the United States by enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Advocates with disabilities had been working for years to get a world of non disabled people to understand their needs. The signing of the Act was monumental.
We have changes to celebrate from basic 911 emergency system use by the deaf to ability to order pizzas by TTY or relay. We have people with vision loss who are able to access the same information on the internet as those who read the printed word and people who use wheelchairs who can get into their post office now or have landlords to clear a wider path in the snow than one for those who walk. Interpreters, curb cuts with textures for the blind, support dog acceptance, verbal testing for people who have learning disabilities, the list goes on and on.
"When PACE first started 22 years ago, we were making calls and knocking on doors to give people the wisdom of accessibility," says the PACE Executive Director Nancy McClellan-Hickey. Since the ADA's passage, people are coming to us. That is the door the ADA opened. The Legislation made the point and people started to talk and think and started to seek accessibility for their organizations and businesses, and communities. We are not done, but a lot more of us are mindful of Access and know it goes hand in hand with Independence."
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