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$1 million gift boosts Arc plans View Proposed Site Plan
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Jeanette Steele April 4, 2006 A former Qualcomm executive has given $1 million to the Arc of San Diego to boost its campaign to renovate facilities that help the developmentally disabled.
The gift from former Qualcomm President Richard Sulpizio and his wife, Gaby, brings the organization nearly halfway to its $3 million fundraising goal for its first phase of renovation. “We needed that one big gift,” said Skip Covell, president and chief executive of the Arc of San Diego. “It makes it a serious or viable project by having that lead gift.” The nonprofit group has a multi-year plan to renovate its centers throughout the county. The first portion is constructing a facility on its Stockton neighborhood campus. Organizers hope to break ground in late 2007. Later phases will remodel other Arc facilities in the South Bay, East County and North County. The Sulpizios are frequent donors to charitable causes. They have given millions to support the library at Cal State University San Marcos, to build a Poway Boys & Girls Club and to promote Proposition Y, which attempted to raise money for Poway schools in 2000. In a news release, Sulpizio praised Arc's programs, saying the organization “does tremendous work giving people a quality of life in the community. Their programs ensure that people with disabilities are able to learn life skills, gain work experience and earn a pay check.” The Stockton facility, at 3035 G St., will be named the Sulpizio Family Arc Center of San Diego. The Arc of San Diego was founded in 1951 by parents concerned about the lack of services for children with developmental disabilities. It has since grown to seven major centers, 13 group homes and one respite house, and it serves more than 2,500 children and adults with disabilities countywide. |
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