Pledge to save Guild programs that help children and adults
Local politicians and business owners gathered last week topledge their support to the Guild for Exceptional Children (GEC),facing possible budget cuts of over $600,000 in Medicaidfunding.
The GEC offers a comprehensive range of day rehabilitation andhealth supportive programs for people with developmentaldisabilities, from childhood to adulthood and now, as participantslive longer, into their senior years.
Every day, we work to create a meaningful day for people, saidPatricia Romano, the GEC’s assistant executive director of clinicalservices. We have to think about ourselves as a society. How wetreat [participants] says a lot about who we are. These programsgive people a very full and qualitative day, making them feelvaluable.