{"id":81220,"date":"2017-05-28T01:26:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T05:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81220"},"modified":"2017-05-27T23:50:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T03:50:25","slug":"the-arc-of-madison-cortland-annual-dinner-and-awards-ceremony-thursday-june-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=81220","title":{"rendered":"The Arc of Madison Cortland Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony Thursday June 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=69566\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69566\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-69566\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arc_MadisonCortlandNY_Color_Pos_JPG-2.jpg?resize=267%2C195\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arc_MadisonCortlandNY_Color_Pos_JPG-2.jpg?w=267&amp;ssl=1 267w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arc_MadisonCortlandNY_Color_Pos_JPG-2.jpg?resize=150%2C110&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a>You Are Invited to The Arc of Madison Cortland\u2019s Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Arc of Madison Cortland will hold its Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony at Vernon Downs Hotel Ballroom Thursday, June 8<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">,<\/span> at 5:30 pm.\u00a0 This event is sponsored by One Group and recognizes those who have had a positive impact on the lives of people with Autism, Down syndrome, traumatic brain injury and other developmental disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Varano, an inspirational speaker and speed painter, will perform at this year\u2019s dinner using his fingertips and brushes to paint two 42\u201dX51\u201d portraits.\u00a0 Tom\u2019s show is called Emotion Into Art. He has <!--more-->recently performed in Las Vegas and has traveled around the world sharing his talent.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s award recipients are: Tim Cook, receiving the Special Achievement Award; Dr. Waldo Zeun (posthumous), receiving the Founders Humanitarian Award; Norma King, receiving the Sandra DuBuke Direct Support Professional Award; Ashley Tyler, receiving the Volunteer Award; Michelle Wolfe, receiving the President\u2019s Award; Darin Pearo, receiving the Executive Director\u2019s Award; and Oneida Healthcare, receiving the Employer of the Year Award.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the event is $25.00 per person which includes a buffet dinner, the entertainment of Tom Varano and the Awards Ceremony.\u00a0 Purchase your tickets online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcofmc.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.arcofmc.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1496021616655000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGq8tzHVe0v30WdnwARQIiLk1LAKA\">www.arcofmc.org<\/a><u>\/annual-dinner<\/u> or call <a href=\"tel:(315)%20363-3389\">315-363-3389<\/a> by <span data-term=\"goog_1185889853\">June 1st<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Randy Schaal, board president of The Arc of Madison Cortland, is looking forward to an uplifting evening where the community and Arc members will celebrate the Arc award recipients.\u00a0 \u201cIt is people and businesses such as these that make our agency and community stronger and allow us to provide the necessary supports and services for people with developmental disabilities and their families,\u201d says Schaal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Are Invited to The Arc of Madison Cortland\u2019s Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony The Arc of Madison Cortland will hold its Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony at Vernon Downs Hotel Ballroom Thursday, June 8, at 5:30 pm.\u00a0 This event is sponsored by One Group and recognizes those who have had a positive impact on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-l80","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arc_MadisonCortlandNY_Color_Pos_JPG-2.jpg?fit=267%2C195&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}