ARC of Ventura County celebrates the gift of giving

PRESENTS FOR ALL- ARC of Ventura County instructor Joyce Stavic helps Randy Van Ausdell open his present at the annual Christmas party on Thursday afternoon. This year for the first time, ARC asked community members with Washington Mutual Bank and St. Francis of Assisi Church to help purchase presents for the program's 68 clients. The community was so generous that each client received the three gifts they requested, and often extras as well. IRIS SMOOT Acorn Newspapers