FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2011
Contact: Cassie Phipps, Manager, LFSVA Winchester Office, 540.450.2782; cphipps@lfsva.org
Lutheran Family Services of Virginia
earns top awards from The Arc
(Winchester, VA) - (Winchester, VA) --The Northern Shenandoah Valley office of Lutheran Family
Services won top awards this spring from The Arc, the Winchester-based chapter of a nationwide
organization that works to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities, and from the Community
Commitment for Change Conference, a group of child-serving organizations that collaborate to create the
best systems of care for children and their families. The Northern Shenandoah Valley office is part of
Lutheran Family Services of Virginia, which offers child and family social and intensive educational and
behavioral services in four regions.
The Arc, the Winchester-based chapter of a nationwide organization that works to improve the lives of
adults with disabilities awarded the LFSVA Winchester/Northern Shenandoah Valley Office the 2011
Community Service Provider of the Year and Services Worker Lynn Waymouth, the 2011 Direct Care
Professional of the Year. At the spring CCC Conference, Adoption Worker Amber Brown was given
the "Tigger Award" for her extraordinary commitment to children. Brown won the award, named after the
never-give-up Winnie the Pooh character, for her work finding adoptive families for older, hard-to-place
children.
The Northern Shenandoah Valley office is part of the Lutheran Family Services of Virginia, which offers
child and family social and intensive educational and behavioral services in four regions.
Both the agency office and Waymouth were nominated for The Arc award by Niki and Bryan Pangle,
Stephens City parents whose son Matty, 3, diagnosed with autism two years ago, received Behavioral
Treatment Services from Waymouth to help him modify some behavior.
Cassie Phipps, who manages the LFS office, says that she and her co-workers are humbled by the
awards and are thrilled that their work has been recognized by The Arc, one of the longest-standing
organizations working for individuals with disabilities in the nation.
For more information on LFSVA services in the Winchester area, please call 540.450.2782.