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The Arc Pikes Peak Region (The Arc PPR) is honored to participate in the 2018 Indy Give! campaign, alongside 95 other worthy nonprofits in the Colorado Springs community. Our vision is a community where all individuals are embraced and respected.

As we live out our mission-in-action, we are excited to highlight the individuals we support through our advocacy and programs. We invite you to meet and get to know Arthur Wirth, a self-advocate with Include USA, The Arc Pikes Peak Region’s Include USA (Unique Self Advocates) Group.

Arthur is a renaissance man. He studies physics, quantum physics, anything else that he finds to be necessary. His key interest is the American West. Arthur volunteers at The Arc of the Pikes Peak Region and at the Church Food Bank.

“I was going to church anyway, and I wanted to volunteer. I think they were afraid to take me at first, because I am a little different; some people don’t know how to read me. I volunteer not to help myself, but to help others,” Arthur said.

I volunteer not to help myself, but to help others. I volunteer here at The Arc and at the Church Food Bank. I ID people and make sure they are in the area we serve. I was going to church anyway and I wanted to volunteer. I think they were afraid to take me at first because I am a little different. Someone helped me get my foot in the door, some people don’t know how to read me.

We encourage you to donate to The Arc Pikes Peak Region through Indy Give!, through December 31, at midnight, to benefit people with disabilities and their families.

All proceeds from this year’s Indy Give! campaign will benefit Building for Change, The Arc Pikes Peak Region’s capital campaign to construct an inclusive campus that will house a wide variety of resources for people with disabilities and their families.

You can donate here: www.indygive.com/thearc