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DRC News -- 2008

8th Annual Membership Dinner

On October 23rd, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport, DRC will hold our 8th Annual Membership Dinner. DRC is excited to celebrate 31 years of legal advocacy on behalf of Maine citizens with disabilities.

DRC is pleased to welcome Attorney General Steve Rowe as our keynote speaker and to present business and individual awards recognizing those who have made significant contributions to improving rights, access and inclusion for Mainers with disabilities. This year, we are proud to recognize community activist and disability rights advocate Kelly Baston, civil rights attorney Curt Webber and business leader Azure Café.

 

DRC wishes to again thank the following for their generous contributions to our 7th Annual Membership Dinner

Sponsors: AlphaOne; CCIDS; DRC Board of Directors; Gil & Laurie Broberg; Maine Artificial Limb & Orthotics; Maine Cite; Maine Support Network; McTeague, Higbee, Case, Cohen, Whitney & Toker, P.A.; Murray, Plumb & Murray; Peter Thompson & Associates; Preti Flaherty; Woodfords Family Services

Benefactors: Bernstein Shur; Johnson & Webbert, LLP; MPower; Petruccelli, Martin & Haddow; Pine Tree Society; Reben, Benjamin and March

Supporters: Coastal Enterprises; Marcia Cooper; ESG Properties;: FAME; Maurice A. Libner, Esq.; Dave Markovchick; Miles Carpenter Insurance; Maine DD Council; Maine Equal Justice Partners; Pine Tree Society; Spring Harbor Hospital; Systems Engineering


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