CELEBRATING–Mike Hale shows off the Betty De Santis Residential Award with Betty standing beside him. De Santis is a member of the Villa Esperanza Community Council for Excellence. Villa Esperanza provides love, care and hope for people with disabilities. Villa Esperanza Services hosted its annual adult awards dinner celebrating the achievements of all Villa’s clients in November at Villa’s adult day program site. Each participant received a certificate of achievement with accolades from each program director. Additional awards were presented to individuals for their above-and-beyond efforts.

“The evening is great fun,” said Wendy Petry, chair of the board. “You have an opportunity to speak with all our participants. And it’s wonderful to see the amount of enthusiasm they have for each other.”

The celebration is a tradition at Villa, attended by families, new and retired board members, staff and volunteers.

Villa Esperanza Services is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the care and education of children, adults and seniors with developmental and other disabilities. Villa serves families in Los Angeles and Ventura counties by offering an education center for children, a speech and language center and occupational therapy clinic, employment services, day programs for adults, adult residences in Pasadena and Thousand Oaks, and care management services to the frail elderly and disabled.

For more information, call (626) 449-2919 or visit www .VillaEsperanzaServices.org.