9th Annual Martelli Games Benefiting DEC at Dave and Buster’s – LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
Glitzy lights flashed, buttons were smashed and tickets were dispensed, all in the name of a good cause.
On June 6, Dave & Buster’s at Philadelphia Mills housed the ninth annual Martelli Games, which challenges employees from eight area companies to accumulate as many hard-earned tickets as they can in one hour.
But it’s not just fun and games. The games were created to help raise funds for Development Enterprises Corporation, a nonprofit that assists individuals with intellectual disabilities to help them realize their full potential . . . .
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Collegeville Italian Bakery Pizzeria Napoletana treats DEC clients, staff to ‘Thanks-For-Giving’ party
“A Montgomery County pizzeria has joined forces with St. Joseph’s University men’s basketball coach Phil Martelli to deliver pizza to a group that works with intellectually and developmentally disabled men and women in Norristown.”
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DEC and the Curtis Institute partner up
“An ensemble of four student musicians from the Curtis Institute of Music performed a concert for 135 intellectually challenged men and women Wednesday in Willow Grove, showing them that music really is a universal language.
“Music is mentally enriching and the ultimate as far as working as a team, developing relationships, the kind of things we like our people to do,” said Susan Golec, CEO of Developmental Enterprises Corporation, or DEC, where the concert took place.”