Help Raise Awareness for the Needs of People with Disabilities! ROAR FOR ROAR FOR MORE AWARENESS MORE Detroit Zoo Walk AWARENESS The Arc of Macomb County Detroit Zoo Clinton Township, MI 48036 Phone: 586-469-1600 Saturday Fax: 586-469-2527 September 15, 2018 The Arc of Macomb County E-mail: [email protected] partnered with The Arc of Dearborn, The Arc of Northwest Individual Participant Wayne County, and The Arc of The Arc of Dearborn Registration 22450 Park Street Western Wayne County for this Dearborn, MI 48124 family-friendly event. Phone: 313.562.1787 Fax: 313.562.0387 Roar for More Awareness intends to raise awareness about the inclusion of people The Arc of NorthWest Wayne County with intellectual and 26049 Five Mile Rd. developmental disabilities Redford, MI 48239 within our communities. Phone: (313) 532-7915

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About The Arc...

In 1950, a small group of parents and other concerned individuals came together to act Registration & Fundraising as voices for change. At the time, little was Fun for the Family! known about the condition of intellectual Registrations can be accepted at any of the participating Arc websites: The Detroit Lion’s disability (at the time referred to as mascot will be at the zoo from www.thearcdearborn.org (Dearborn) ‘mental retardation’) or its causes. There 8:30am—11:30am! were virtually no programs and activities in www.arcservices.org (Macomb County) communities to assist in the development Admission price includes the following: and care of children and adults with  Detroit Zoo Parking intellectual disability or to support families.  Detroit Zoo Entrance  Roar for More Walk It was common at that time for doctors to  Post-walk access to the Detroit Zoo until closing tell parents that the best place for their time (5pm) child was in an institution. Emboldened by For an additional cost The Detroit Zoo offers the their collective desire to raise their children following convenience rentals (available at the start in the home and their stubborn refusal to of the walk): accept that institutionalization was the only  Single & Double Strollers option, The Arc’s founders fought even  Wagons  Wheelchairs harder.  Electronic Convenience Vehicles

Like every parent of any child, they wanted more for their children. They wanted their Registration Fees: children to lead fulfilling lives out in the Adult - $25 community and not shuttered away in dark Child - $15 institutions. It was in that spirit that The Child under 2 years - Free Arc was born.