Pace Athletes Give Back at Charity Tournament

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The Student Athletic Advisory Committee completed their final community service event of the spring 2013 semester on Monday as they assisted the Hawthorne Foundation with their charity golf tournament which was held at Split Rock Golf Course in the Bronx. Members of the volleyball, men’s basketball, women’s soccer and swimming & diving teams assisted with the set-up and operations of the golf tournament.

The Hawthorne Foundation is a private, not-for-profit organization that has for over 28 years provided an education to children who are challenged by serious disabilities. In 1981, the Margaret Chapman school (predecessor to Hawthorne Country Day School), became the first ABA (applied behavior analysis) based educational program to provide services to children who were diagnosed with severe developmental disabilities, autism, and other behavior disorders. HCDS is the longest running and most successful ABA program in New York State. Over subsequent years, we have expanded our programs to include a full continuum of care for children, birth to adulthood.