Do You or someone you know Enjoy Golf? Since 1955, St. Clair County has benefited from the services and support of The Arc, a community-based non-profit helping consumers with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) and their families. The Arc of St. Clair County, located in Port Huron, offers FREE services to more than 500 children and adults throughout the year helping them on their quest to live full and inclusive lives. The Arc fosters change and expands opportunity in every aspect of our consumers lives, allowing them to strive for and ultimately attain their goals of going to school, finding a job, living on their own. The Arc of St. Clair County champions the civil rights of people with I/DD in areas such as special education law, housing, health care, recreation and more. The Arc works through a variety of channels to foster respect, raise awareness and change attitudes about people with I/DD to remove barriers to a society that truly embraces full inclusion and acceptance. The only way The Arc can continue to be an important resource for these vulnerable consumers is through the support of the community. They have many events and sales throughout the year to gain and retain the funds needed to continue. Their upcoming event is The Arc Golf Classic on June 1st. This event honors the legacy of Rich Schock, who died in 2008. He was an avid golfer and longtime Arc employee. Rich saw the number of golfers and sponsors grow each year and it is a testament to the impact Rich had throughout the community and to the foundation he laid for the Arc’s most important and largest fundraiser of the year. |