Tagged as: developmental disabilities

LARC’s 3rd Annual Aiming for Ability Clay Shooting Tournament Friday, May 7, 2021

Get ready to take aim. Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens (LARC) will host the third annual “Aiming for Ability” Clay Shooting Tournament on Friday, May 7, 2021, outdoors at Sarasota Trap Skeet & Clays, 3445 Rustic Road, Nokomis. All proceeds will benefit LARC’s programs and services that help individuals with

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Brian Bradley Joins LARC Board of Directors

Lee Association of Remarkable Citizens (LARC) announces that Brian Bradley has joined its board of directors.  Established in 1954, LARC’s mission is to empower and support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to reach their full potential. Bradley attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and graduated from

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LARC Announces Retirement of Executive Director Kevin Lewis

Lee Association of Remarkable Citizens (LARC) announces the retirement of Executive Director Kevin Lewis. Angela Katz, LARC’s Director of Development and Communications, has been named Interim Executive Director. Established in 1954, LARC’s mission is to empower and support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families to reach their

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Lori Carroll-Collins Scholarship Fund Established at LARC

The family of Lori Carroll-Collins has established The Lori Carroll-Collins Scholarship Fund at Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens (LARC). A resident of Fort Myers for 35 years, Carroll-Collins cared deeply for her community and people in need and led her life by example, when it came to generosity and philanthropy.

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Golisano Foundation Awards $39,000 to LARC for COVID-19 Response

Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens (LARC) has been awarded a $39,000 grant from the Golisano Foundation.   The grant will help LARC, an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, respond to urgent needs stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.  The grant is a part of the Foundation’s $2 million in

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Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis and LARC’s Aktion Club Create Buddy Bench

The Fort Myers Metro-McGregor Kiwanis and Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens (LARC) AKtion club collected and recycled more than 200 pounds of plastic bottle caps to create a Buddy Bench for the LARC campus in Fort Myers. The bench is in rainbow colors and imprinted with the names of the

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LARC 2nd Annual Aiming for Ability Clay Shooting Tournament Friday, June 19, 2020

Get ready to take aim, Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens (LARC) will host the second annual “Aiming for Ability” Clay Shooting Tournament on Friday, June 19, 2020 outdoors at Sarasota Trap Skeet & Clays, 3445 Rustic Road, Nokomis.   All proceeds will benefit LARC’s innovative program – LAB: Learn, Achieve, Become. 

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Lee Health Provides $25,000 Grant to Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens

Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens (LARC) has been awarded a $25,000 grant from Lee Health to support LARC’s Wellness LAB (Learn, Achieve, Become). LAB will offer an experiential learning environment for hundreds of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) that transforms traditional program areas into spaces for innovation, vocation,

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LARC’S JOB-A-PALOOZA CAREER FAIR PHOTO GALLERY

LARC’s (Lee Association for Remarkable Citizens)  2nd Annual Job-A-Palooza, the ultimate ‘speed-jobbing’ experience, was held on Saturday, January 18th. Students ages 14 to 21 with disabilities discovered their superpowers and met local employers while peer-mentors assisted them in navigating this exciting job fair experience. Students explored job skill stations from

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