Providing services for people with disabilities and their families since 1951.
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Providing services for people with disabilities and their families since 1951. |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media contact:
Erika Gallardo
San Diego Career Centers
(619) 266-4277
erikag@workforce.org
San Diego Career Centers announce athlete and actor Cameron Clapp as guest
speaker at Navigator Business Breakfast – Thursday, March 11, 2010
The San Diego Career Centers are proud to present the Navigator Business
Breakfast and the opportunity to hear from guest speaker athlete and actor
Cameron Clapp.
Mr. Clapp has been featured in numerous national and international news programs
and publications including The TODAY Show,
CBS Evening News,
CBS Early Show,
The New York Times, Discovery
Channel’s Medical Incredible, and
CNN.
He’s acted in the feature film
Stop-Loss starring Ryan Phillipe, HBO’s Emmy award-winning original series
Carnivale, and NBC’s hit comedy
My Name is Earl.
On September 15, 2001, four days after the tragedy of 9/11,15-year old Cameron
Clapp experienced his own devastating tragedy – after an evening of underage
drinking with his twin brother, Cameron was struck by a train and lost both legs
and his right arm in the accident.
He was told by members of the medical community that he would never walk again,
but Cameron proved them wrong just five months after the accident by walking
independently with two prosthetic legs and competing in an athletic event only
four months later.
Area business and community leaders, human resource managers, and educators are
invited to hear Mr. Clapp speak Thursday, March 11 from 8:00 – 10 a.m. at the
Following the keynote speaker, local business leaders will participate in a
panel discussion about the benefits and dispelling the myths of including people
with disabilities into the workforce.
Statistics indicate workers with disabilities prove to be capable and
dedicated employees who rarely miss work and who tend to make their work
environment a better place to work for all related employees.
There is no cost to attend this event.
Reservations can be made by calling Dawna Morse at (619) 266-4214 or
dawna@workforce.org.
Event partners include The Arc of San Diego, Able-Disabled Advocacy, the
Department of Rehabilitation, and Goodwill Industries of San Diego County.
Navigator is a San Diego Career Centers program. Funding for the Navigator event
was provided by the United States Department of Labor.
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