ADA 25 Celebration and Golden Key Awards Recap

Recap of Sept. 3, 2015

Utah ADA 25 Celebration

"All you need is a chance," Utah Senator Orrin Hatch said during his acceptance speech at the Utah ADA 25th Anniversary Celebration.

Hatch was awarded the ADA Legacy Award by the disability community of Utah including Gov. Gary Herbert, the Independent Living Council and the Legislative Coalition for People with Disabilities. The Senator helped create and pass the ADA in 1990 alongside Senator Ted Kennedy. 

Sen. Hatch at the Utah ADA 25 celebration. #utahADA25 pic.twitter.com/7NrtfPORoX

— Utah ADA 25 (@utahADA25) September 4, 2015

The event kicked off with a public reception.

Good4Utah team at the reception.

Leah Lobato, the Governor's Committee for Employment
of People with Disabilities, with Utah State Office of Rehab.

Golden Key Awards

These awards are given every year by the Governor's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. to Utah employers who promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The award ceremony was introduced by Gov. Herbert.The 2015 winners are:

Larry H. Miller Group, Freedom Award Winners

Large employer: Zions Bank
Medium employer: NOVAGROUP

Small employer: Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers from Richfield
Ace Award: Moore's Family Restaurant
Freedom Award: The Larry H. Miller Group

A representative from Richfield's Wendy's accepts the Golden Key Award.

Employees from Wendy's of Richfield with their Golden Key Award. Congrats!

A special thanks to Amanda Dickson, KSL Radio Personality for emceeing the event. 

Amanda Dickson of KSL Radio

Also a thank you to the generous sponsors for making the celebration possible:

Gold Key Sponsors:

• Salt Lake County Library Services
• Walmart
• Utah State Office of Rehabilitation
• KSL News Radio
• Good4Utah

Silver Key Sponsors:

• Action medical research for children
• Goldman Sachs
• Utah Statewide Independent Living Council
• PARC
• Wells Fargo
• National Federation of the Blind
• Stacy and Witbeck
• Associated Food Stores
• Utah KIDS Foundation
• LeCroissant Catering

Bronze Key Sponsors:

• Smithfield
• Questar
• Colombus
• Zions Bank
• Easter Seals/Goodwill
• Utah Disability Law Center
• Utah Developmental Disability Council
• Utah Parent Center
• Dept.of Workforce Services
• Center for Persons with Disabilities at USU
• Epilepsy Ass. of Utah
• Utah Dept. of Human Services
• Sego Lily Center