Fairfield Harbour Residents Help Install New Accessible Icon This Month
Local Boating and Golfing Community Residents Promote Image to Assist Disabled Individuals Throughout Community
New Bern, NC, August 07, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Fairfield Harbour (http://www.fhpoa.com), a residential boating and golf community located 15 minutes from historic New Bern, announced that the community has adopted “The Accessible Ico,n, which serves as a revamped version of the past symbol used to indicate facilities available for disabled individuals. Fairfield Harbour residents Darcy Hildreth and her 23-year-old son, Brendon, are spearheading the project in North Carolina. The new image displays an active, in-motion depiction of life with a physical disability in select locations offering accessibility.
Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, Brendon Hildreth wants to emphasize that being handicapped does not equate with being incapable. Believing in the icon’s message, designed and founded by Sara Hendren and Brian Glenny in 2011, he and his family began promoting “The Accessible Icon” while living in Massachusetts. Since relocating to Fairfield Harbour in September, he and his mother have continued to champion his cause of having the icons changed. Fairfield Harbour is one of the first communities to adopt the new icon, along with local Zaxby’s, Schlotzksy’s Deli and Texas Steak House locations, Emerald Golf Club, Carolina East Rehab, Stubbs, Perdue PA law firm, The Big Apple Pizza Shop and Carolina East Hospital.
Hildreth serves as co-director for The Accessible Icon Project. For more information, visit http://www.accessibleicon.org or contact the Hildreths at 252-649-1392.
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“We are very excited to help Brendon and his family by adopting ’The Accessible Icon’ for use in the Fairfield Harbour community,” said Mystre’ Van Horn, on-site community manager for Fairfield Harbour. “We are happy to support our residents and eager to help promote this great cause.”
“The work that Brendon and his family are doing for the community is incredible,” said Larry Knapp, president of the Fairfield Harbour board of directors. “Living with cerebral palsy does not make one incapable, and this icon expresses that fact clearly. Fairfield Harbour is more than happy to show our support by adopting ‘The Accessible Icon.’”
“I am proud to live in a community that shows such great support for my family’s cause,” said Darcy Hildreth. “We truly believe in the message behind this new icon and want to help spread it across North Carolina and beyond. Fairfield Harbour’s adoption helps us move one step closer to our goal.”
About Fairfield Harbour:
Established in 1975, Fairfield Harbour is a boating and golf community located 15 minutes from historic New Bern, North Carolina. Residents living in this recreational, resort and retirement community have access to numerous social networks as well as a 75-acre manmade harbor along the Neuse River that lies only 18 miles from the Intracoastal Waterway. Fairfield Harbour is located on more than 2,000 acres and includes more than 1,300 privately-owned single family homes, 144 condominiums and 24 townhouses. Dedicated to giving back to the community, Fairfield Harbour and its residents actively support more than 75 nonprofit groups in the region, including the Wounded Warrior Project, Tryon Palace, Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation and Coastal Women’s Shelter. Community Association Services (CAS, Inc.), which is led by John Stone, president, serves as the professional management company for Fairfield Harbour. Fairfield Harbour was most recently named “Community of the Year” by the Community Association Institute of North Carolina. For more information about Fairfield Harbour, visit http://www.fhpoa.com.
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Diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, Brendon Hildreth wants to emphasize that being handicapped does not equate with being incapable. Believing in the icon’s message, designed and founded by Sara Hendren and Brian Glenny in 2011, he and his family began promoting “The Accessible Icon” while living in Massachusetts. Since relocating to Fairfield Harbour in September, he and his mother have continued to champion his cause of having the icons changed. Fairfield Harbour is one of the first communities to adopt the new icon, along with local Zaxby’s, Schlotzksy’s Deli and Texas Steak House locations, Emerald Golf Club, Carolina East Rehab, Stubbs, Perdue PA law firm, The Big Apple Pizza Shop and Carolina East Hospital.
Hildreth serves as co-director for The Accessible Icon Project. For more information, visit http://www.accessibleicon.org or contact the Hildreths at 252-649-1392.
Quotes:
“We are very excited to help Brendon and his family by adopting ’The Accessible Icon’ for use in the Fairfield Harbour community,” said Mystre’ Van Horn, on-site community manager for Fairfield Harbour. “We are happy to support our residents and eager to help promote this great cause.”
“The work that Brendon and his family are doing for the community is incredible,” said Larry Knapp, president of the Fairfield Harbour board of directors. “Living with cerebral palsy does not make one incapable, and this icon expresses that fact clearly. Fairfield Harbour is more than happy to show our support by adopting ‘The Accessible Icon.’”
“I am proud to live in a community that shows such great support for my family’s cause,” said Darcy Hildreth. “We truly believe in the message behind this new icon and want to help spread it across North Carolina and beyond. Fairfield Harbour’s adoption helps us move one step closer to our goal.”
About Fairfield Harbour:
Established in 1975, Fairfield Harbour is a boating and golf community located 15 minutes from historic New Bern, North Carolina. Residents living in this recreational, resort and retirement community have access to numerous social networks as well as a 75-acre manmade harbor along the Neuse River that lies only 18 miles from the Intracoastal Waterway. Fairfield Harbour is located on more than 2,000 acres and includes more than 1,300 privately-owned single family homes, 144 condominiums and 24 townhouses. Dedicated to giving back to the community, Fairfield Harbour and its residents actively support more than 75 nonprofit groups in the region, including the Wounded Warrior Project, Tryon Palace, Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation and Coastal Women’s Shelter. Community Association Services (CAS, Inc.), which is led by John Stone, president, serves as the professional management company for Fairfield Harbour. Fairfield Harbour was most recently named “Community of the Year” by the Community Association Institute of North Carolina. For more information about Fairfield Harbour, visit http://www.fhpoa.com.
Kathleen Donnelly
MMI Public Relations
(919) 233-6600
kathleen@mmipublicrelations.com
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