Karen Swartz (ACCESS York) Wendy Murphy and Angelo Tocco - a job well done.

The lights went out, the music blared and the coloured images on the stage dazzled the audience at the Famous People Players theatre. It was all part of ACCESS York's (Advisory Committee for Persons with Special Needs) first fund raising gala on Nov. 11. Over 150 guests gathered at the dinner theatre in support of the cause.

The evening's mission was twofold: firstly, to "create awareness of disability issues, especially issues that students with disabilities face at university and to start a bursary fund for students with disabilities at York," said organizer, emcee and York alumnus Angelo Tocco.

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