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Article: New name, same mission for North Shore Arc organization
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2009
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When the Association for Retarded Children was formed in 1955
by a group of parents seeking services for their children with
developmental disabilities, it served 19 communities north of
Boston.
Today, North Shore Arc, as it later became known, has expanded
its programs and geographic reach to 187 communities throughout
Massachusetts.
To reflect that expansion, the Danvers-based nonprofit agency has
changed its name to Northeast Arc and created a new logo.
"We have grown a lot in the last five or six years," said Jerry
McCarthy, the organization's executive director for 30 years.
"Our territory where we have services has expanded greatly. And our
mission has broadened."
McCarthy said ...