Blind Childrens Center

4120 Marathon Street, Los Angeles, California 90029 (323)664-2153

A family-centered agency serving children with visual impairments

IN THIS ISSUE

• Cinco De Mayo Celebration Celebrity Golf Classic
• Team Blind Children
• Longest Day of Golf
• Wish List

Graduation
The Class of 2003

The Center’s little graduates made their families as well as the Blind Childrens Center staff proud. The day was filled with many exciting events. Prior to the graduation ceremony, the graduates along with the Center’s other students dazzled guests with a musical program prepared in honor of the special day, and Mrs. Rosemarie Stack presented the Robert Stack Achievement Award to Center Alumni Rick Plath. Congratulations Graduates! Good Luck! You will be missed!

The Feel of easter

All the children had a great time hunting for beeping Easter eggs at the Annual Easter Party. The beeping eggs were developed to enable blind children to hunt for Easter eggs using their other senses. The Easter bunny also stopped by to give out baskets while live bunnies, ducks, and fluffy, little chicks scampered throughout the yard.

A very special thank you to our friends who helped make the day so much fun — Janice & Ralph Lake, Mandeville Neighbors, Mattel, Performance Team Freight Systems, and South Bay Delta Gamma Alumnae.

Robert Stack with student Jason

In Loving Memory of

Robert Stack

Board members, staff and the children, will miss Robert Stack. We were honored to have his friendship and support. The Blind Childrens Center has named an award in his honor. The Robert Stack Achievement Award will be given annually to a Blind Childrens Center graduate who exemplifies the highest level of achievement. Our most sincere condolences to his wife, Rosemarie.

Special Thank You To

Bob Garringer

Special thank you to Bob Garringer, District General Manager, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., Fire Safety Division, in conjunction with SBT Caring Hands for spearheading the project, Jesus DeLuna, project manager, and Jaime Martinez of PTS Solutions, Inc., for installing our wonderful new security alarm system. It is a very special gift and we all feel much safer with it in place. Also, thank you to Wayne Horton for introducing Mr. Garringer to the Blind Childrens Center.

In Loving Memory of

Ruth Shelby

We were deeply saddened to hear of Ruth Shelby's passing on July 3, 2003. As a Delta Gamma at USC, she was instrumental in the very beginning structure of the Center and a dear friend since 1934. Ruth served as Blind Childrens Center Board President from 1958–1960. We will miss her.

Rick taking a dip in the Center's pool in the early 1950s.

The Robert Stack Achievement Award

Rick Plath, Blind Childrens Center student from 1952 to 1954, was the first recipient of the Robert Stack Achievement Award. This new award will be given annually to a Blind Childrens Center graduate who exemplifies the highest level of achievement.

Rick successfully completed elementary and high school and went on to earn a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in Public Administration from USC. He has held many leadership positions in the community and currently serves as a member of Blind Childrens Center's Board of Directors.

Mrs. Rosemarie Stack presented the award giving supreme recognition to her husband, Robert Stack, a man we all admired, and to Rick, the recipient.

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