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A MEMORIAL

PROCLAIMING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007, AS "ARCA DAY" AT THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN RECOGNITION OF ARCA'S FIFTIETH

ANNIVERSARY.

WHEREAS, ARCA began providing community-based support

services with its child study center and its preschool and

recreational programs in 1957; and

WHEREAS, ARCA was founded by a group of caring families

seeking community-based opportunities for their

developmentally disabled children; and

WHEREAS, ARCA continues to honor the preference of

people with developmental disabilities to live, work and play

in their local communities through its encouragement and

support of families and the greater Albuquerque community; and

WHEREAS, ARCA is the state's largest not-for-profit

provider of services to the developmentally disabled, offering

an array of critical support services to over five hundred

children and adults each year; and

WHEREAS, ARCA offers its recipients many options,

including community living, family living, employment,

community-inclusion services and a statewide prader willi:

project; and

WHEREAS, ARCA's compassionate work force of over six

hundred employees helps individuals with disabilities fulfill

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their daily needs, make meaningful choices, connect with the

community and achieve their dreams; and

WHEREAS, the New Mexico legislature has been a longtime

supporter of ARCA and of New Mexico residents with

developmental disabilities, and it continues to support them

and encourage their involvement with the legislature and

society;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that recognition

and appreciation be extended to ARCA in honor of its fiftieth

anniversary and that Thursday, February 8, 2007, be proclaimed

"ARCA Day" at the house of representatives; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the members of ARCA.