Caring and Sharing Lead Mrs Quinn's Community Work
Mrs. Robert Quinn executive director of United Cerebral Palsy for Madison County advocates positive action over bitterness for families facing handicaps. She helps families countywide, runs a day camp for handicapped children, and coordinates monthly social events with volunteers and partners like the Sertoma Club and Red Cross. Her efforts earned the Service to Mankind award and a community relations honor from the United Fund of Madison County in 1971.
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Robert Quinn
United Cerebral Palsy
Madison County
Association For the Retarded
Sertoma Club
Mental Health Association
Turtle Creek
Red Cross
Mrs. Quinn
The
Anderson Sertoma Club
United Fund
Fone
Quinn
Therapy For Little Bodies At First-Step Center
Shari Keys reports on volunteers at the First-Step Developmental Center aiding cerebral palsy children through twice weekly sessions at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. Therapists and volunteers guide muscle, speech, and sensory work while celebrating small gains like a child standing on all fours. The program, sponsored by United Cerebral Palsy, aims to raise long term independence, with many applicants awaiting entry.
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St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
E.ard St
Donnie
Direc
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Turtle Creek Convalescent Centre
East Lynn
Uniteens
Circle 7 of the
Noble Street United Methodist Church
Gamma Rho
Beta Sigma Phi
Drs. Quinn
Lois Bullock
By Shari Keys
Glen Bullock
Stanley DeLong
Thomas Harbron