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We are pleased to present our totally redesigned website for our friends, members, and supporters to enjoy. You'll find navigating the site is now much easier! We hope you enjoy the new look and feel of our website as we continue to grow and reach out to the community. Make sure to continue to check back as we add fresh, new content to the site regularly.

Click here to read our latest Newsletter: The Arc Voice:

June / July 2008 Newsletter
Note: PDF format: requires either Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader (recommended)

Open House 

come to meet your neighbors, come to mingle, come to learn more, and come to have fun

Join Us

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

10 AM to 3 PM

4108 Park Road, Suite 409, Charlotte, NC 28209

RSVP Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Meika Garner 704-332-4535 or

We hope you can stop by to see our great new location and office space!

Wrightslaw Seminar

One-day Special Education Law & Advocacy Seminar

The Wrightslaw Seminar works to provide accurate, up-to-date information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities. The purpose is to educate and inform parents, advocates, attorneys, educators, health care providers, and others who represent the interests of children with disabilities and their families.

Please click here for more information and to sign up for the seminar.

Advertise in our exclusive Resource Guide

Take advantage of this great opportunity to reach our clients and more! Our Resource Guide is a
one-of-a-kind comprehensive directory of programs and services for mental health,
developmental disabilities, and substance abuse agencies in the Charlotte, Mecklenburg region. Individuals, families, community agencies, and professional use this publication to learn about the resources in our community that are available to them. Please check out our advertising packet for more information and details, click here. You can also contact Meika Garner at 704-332-4535 ext. 104 or for more information.

What if The Arc of Mecklenburg earned a penny every time you searched the Internet?  Well, now we can!

GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate.  You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results.

Just go to http://www.goodsearch.com and be sure to enter The Arc of Mecklenburg as the charity you want to support. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!

You can also make GoodSearch your homepage or download the toolbar!