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Message from the Presidents
and the Chief Executive Officer
“Welcome back to the presidency Doug,” says Andy Sharick, outgoing president of the SCARC board of trustees from 2005-2007. “Thank you Andy. I look forward to another term as president of the SCARC board,” adds Doug White, who was elected president of the board at the SCARC annual meeting in May.
Doug White served as president of the SCARC board of trustees from 1997-1999 and has served on the SCARC board since 1990. Previously Doug was also chairman of the SCARC Foundation board from 1995-1997.
Celebrating SCARC’s 50th Anniversary throughout the 2007 year, both Andy and Doug have been intricately involved in the operations of the SCARC organization. Along with the SCARC executive team, the SCARC board of trustees have made enormous strides with expanded services, plans coming to fruition, goals being met, and forging an analysis of the future so as to develop future plans for Sussex County’s preeminent organization serving children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families.
Our goals of developing more residential programs have come to fruition with our receipt of a federal Housing and Urban Development grant for two new accessible group homes. Our partnerships with Stillwater and Lafayette Townships will enable SCARC to develop its 18th and 19th group homes. In addition, a partnership has been established with a housing developer to add our 20th group home in Wantage Township within two years.
SCARC also has expanded its Harvest Home program and has developed a Harvest Home location in Ogdensburg, the first time SCARC services have been established in that bucolic town in the eastern section of Sussex County. SCARC has also implemented plans to establish a medical day program serving adults with disabilities who have medical complexities that need a specialized support service. This program will be located in an industrial park in Sparta.
We are most excited to be involved in the SCARC organization during its 50th anniversary year and at a time that the expansion of SCARC services is being warmly received by our families and the Sussex County community. Several accolades and letters of appreciation have been received from community leaders throughout Sussex County and the State of New Jersey. We are proud of what we provide and we know that we have enhanced the quality of life of everyone in Sussex County because of our focus on excellence and service to our families. Please enjoy perusing our 50th Anniversary Annual Report. It is exciting to see all that we have accomplished over the past 50 years and especially at this point in time for all of us at SCARC.
With our best regards,
Douglas R. White Andy Sharick Richard C. Lecher, Ph.D.
President Past President Chief Executive Officer
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