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IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
August
13	Conservatorship Presentation by Fred Weitkamp
15	Client Dance
25	Development Committee Meeting
27	Finance Committee Meeting
September
01	Labor Day - Agency Closed
19	Client Dance
22	7th Annual Golf Classic    -  Entry Form    -  Special Drawing
24	Finance Committee Meeting
24	Board of Directors Meeting
October
17	Client Dance
22	Finance Committee Meeting
22	Board of Directors Meeting

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Our Mission:
New Horizons empowers adults with developmental disabilities to fulfill their dreams.

Through partnerships, community education and advocacy we create a brighter future in which our clients are accepted by, participate in, and add value to the community.

Our Vision:
We envision a brighter world in which individuals with developmental disabilities are valued for their strengths and their challenges, their courage and their joy; where each person is afforded compassion and dignity, rights and opportunities as equal members of the community; and where our partnerships, community education, and advocacy have eliminated the difference between the culture of caring we provide at New Horizons and the quality of acceptance and caring provided by the community.

Who WE ARE:
The San Fernando Valley Association for the Retarded, Inc., d.b.a. New Horizons, is a 501(c)3 charitable organization (Tax ID 95-1862084) organization that provides diversified services to adults with developmental disabilities (cerebral palsy, autism, mental retardation, epilepsy, and other similar developmental disabilities) or acquired traumatic brain injuries.

OUR CORE VALUES:

• QUALITY OF LIFE:  We believe that persons with developmental disabilities should be able to lead healthy, safe, meaningful , and productive lives; exercise self-determination over their lives; fully participate in, be accepted by, and give back to the community in which they live.
   
• A CULTURE OF CARING:  We are committed to providing a culture of caring in which the clients we serve, families, staff, and volunteers feel valued and respected; their voices are heard; their opinions matter; and they are held in the highest regard.
   
• LEARNING AND ACCOMPLISHMENT:  We promote continuous learning and the pursuit of one's potential, personal responsibility, and results based accomplishments.
   
• PARTNERSHIP:  We embrace partnerships with clients, families, staff, volunteers, business relationships, and community resources.  Through these partnerships, we strive to enhance our ability to serve our clients and to provide value to our partners.  Our services are based on client choice and preferences; teamwork among everyone; and partnerships with community resources.
   
• THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE:  In everything we do, we are committed to the pursuit of excellence and devotion to the highest standards of professionalism, ethics, and integrituy.
   
• ACCOUNTABILITY: We hold ourselves accountable to those we serve, our partners, and to the community.  As good stewards of the resources over which we have responsibility, we give the highest priority to managing these resources in a manner that sustains our mission and fosters the highest level of trust from all our partners.
   
• A BRIGHTER FUTURE:  We strive to create a brighter future for all by advocating inclusion and greater opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities, serving as a community education resource, and providing value to the community.

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