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DOUBLE YOUR GIFT, DOUBLE YOUR IMPACT! In honor of LADDs 40th Anniversary, the Edwards Foundation has agreed to match the first $40,000 in new and increased gifts to LADD’s Annual Campaign. 40 Years of Stories John Roach LADD Community Supported Living Program Has received services from LADD for 32 years “Prior to coming to LADD I lived with my parents. I wanted to learn to live on my own, I liked the training and the classes. People love me and I love them too. They help me out and I help them out. I love LADD People, together we have had lots of adventures.” Edwina Schmid LADD Community Supported Living Program Has received services from LADD for 36 years "Prior to living at Victory Parkway I lived in an institution. I was very young. It’s hard, and painful to talk about—being put away like that. I heard about Victory Parkway and decided to give it a try. I stayed at LADD because I liked it. They taught me a lot of stuff: how to cook in the house, how to set the table, how to wash my own clothes and to budget my own money. I graduated to my own apartment in 1989." Phyllis Thomas LADD Employee 35th anniversary with LADD 12/28/2015 “It is amazing that after 35 years my work at LADD remains so challenging and inspiring. The work is always evolving and individualized, so you never get complacent. And seeing someone achieve their goals never gets old!” Phyllis Breen Former LADD Board Member, LADD Advisory Board Member LADD donor for 30 Consecutive Years “As a mother of two children with Cerebral Palsy, I feel this organization has always been proactive, always doing something new and innovative.” 3 For more WINTER 2015stories, ISSUE 2to submit your own, OR DONATE visit: www.laddinc.org/Fantastic40