{"id":217352,"date":"2020-01-28T15:40:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=217352"},"modified":"2020-01-28T00:01:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T06:01:17","slug":"horrible-center-people-disabilities-repeatedly-vandalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/horrible-center-people-disabilities-repeatedly-vandalized\/","title":{"rendered":"HORRIBLE: Center for people with disabilities repeatedly vandalized"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A disability center that serves over 1,000 Californians with disabilities — including autism, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, and more — has repeatedly been vandalized, causing the non-profit organization to lose thousands of dollars. The people responsible have seemingly not been found.<\/p>\n

ABC30 reported<\/a> on the crimes, which have caused major problems for the United Cerebral Palsy of Central California (UCPCC). “One of our buses’ catalytic converter[s] was stolen, another bus’ gas tank was drilled into, and we have three vehicles, the gas lines of which were cut and of course gas was stolen,” Cher Arambell, a member of the UCPCC development team, told the local news outlet. “We are scrambling for vehicles; it makes it much harder for every single student.”<\/p>\n

The students who go to the center work on things like art, agriculture, technology, education, and more. UCPCC also provides job training and basic care, including The NEST, a program which gives services like baking, music, gardening, and more to elderly people with disabilities, including those suffering from Alzheimer’s or dementia. But the vandalism and thefts are crippling their ability to help these people.<\/p>\n

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