Villa Esperanza honors local man




VIVA VILLA—From left, Villa Esperanza Services board member Tucker Grant joins Diane and JimBruno of Westlake Village and Villa board member Jim McDermott at  the organization’s EighthAnnual Guardian Angels Celebration in Pasadena.

VIVA VILLA—From left, Villa Esperanza Services board member Tucker Grant joins Diane and JimBruno of Westlake Village and Villa board member Jim McDermott at the organization’s EighthAnnual Guardian Angels Celebration in Pasadena.


Jim Bruno, Westlake Village

City Council member, and his

wife Diane received the Villa

Esperanza Advocacy Angels

Award for their assistance with

job placements for disabled

people in Westlake Village.

The June 23 awards ceremony in Pasadena included

over 170 people. The event

raised nearly $60,000 for children and adults with disabilities.

Thousand Oaks-basedVilla

Esperanza provides services that

include care management and

adult residential and independent living programs.

Villa’s vocational services

include individual and group

employment placement throughout the Conejo Valley. Clients

currently work in local businesses such as Petsmart, Home

Depot, Old Navy, 99 Cent Only

Stores, Mann Theatres and Cost

Plus.

Villa Esperanza Services was

founded in 1961 by a group of

mothers who believed their developmentally disabled children

deserved quality care and education. Today, Villa serves over

1,050 individuals with disabilities and their families in Los

Angeles and Ventura Counties.

For more information about

Villa’s programs call (626) 4492919, ext. 62, or visit www.villa

esperanzaservices.org.


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