Student and Community Awards Presented During Disability Awareness Month
Sept. 13, 2001
The 2001 Ability Counts Community and Student Awards will be presented at the Ability Counts Luncheon at noon Thursday, Oct. 4, at the Phoenix Civic Plaza Ballroom, Third and Jefferson streets, as part of the city of Phoenix's Disability Awareness Month activities. Tom Whittaker, the first disabled person to reach the top of Mt. Everest, will give the keynote address at the luncheon.
The Phoenix Mayor's Commission on Disability Issues and the city's Equal Opportunity Department coordinate the Ability Counts Community Awards Program, which recognizes individuals and organizations that contribute significantly to the advancement of people with disabilities. This year's community award winners are:
- Architectural Accessibility Award - Phoenix Museum of History and Langdon Wilson
Architects
- Employee of the Year Award - Julian Sifuentes, Pitney Bowes Management Services
- Employer of the Year Award - Sports & Entertainment Services, LLC
- Media Award - Discover Card Services/BOOST Program
- Phoenix Mayor's Advocacy Award - Joe Stanislawski, Paralyzed Veterans of
America, Arizona Chapter
The annual student awards program recognizes outstanding students with disabilities
for their personal and academic achievements. For students in grades one through
nine, the first place winner will receive $500 and the second place winner
will receive $250. For 10th grade through college, winners will receive awards
of $2,000 for first place and $1,000 for second place.
| Grades 1 - 9 |
School |
| Eric Medina (first place) |
Valley View School |
| Andrew Magdaleno (second place) |
St. Catherine's of Sienna |
| Grades 10 - 12 |
School |
| Matthew Udenberg (first place) |
Shadow Mountain High School |
| Robert Work (second place) |
Thunderbird High School |
| Douglas Mills (third place) |
Latch School |
| College |
School |
| Fernando Cruz (first place) |
Arizona State University West |
| Kristin Hoffman (second place) |
Mesa Community College |
The Ability Counts Luncheon is sponsored by the Phoenix Mayor's Commission
on Disability Issues, Phoenix Equal Opportunity Department, Aramark, KTVK
3TV, Phoenix Suns and the Arizona Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America.
For more information, disability accommodations, materials in alternative
format, or to reserve a seat, call 602-261-8242/voice or 602-534-1557/TTY.
Media Contact:
Christiana Ferris
Marquita Beene |
602-262-6169
602-262-6690 |
