The Santo Domingo street across from the Dominican Rehabilitation Association (ADR) headquarters where Dona Mary Perez viuda Marranzini has spent so many hours now bears her name after 50 years of philanthropic work. “I have no words to thank all who have worked with me, during those 50 years,” said the ADR founder. She had special thanks for the volunteers, the 27 directors of the ADR affiliates nationwide, and the government officials who have supported the nation’s leading rehabilitation association.
The Dominican government recognizes Mary Perez viuda Marranzini who turned her son’s personal challenge into a lifelong commitment since 1961 to help others who needed rehabilitation support.
At the ceremony, her son Celso Marranzini, who has been president of the Dominican Republic Industries Association and the National Business Council said that he hoped that one day the name of the Center for the Disabled would be changed to Center for People with Special Capabilities. He thanked the President of the Republic, the Senate and deputy Manuel Jimenez who had the idea of naming the street and senator Ramon Dario Cruz who backed it in the Senate. ADR director Arturo Perez Gavino and Minister of Culture Jose Antonio Rodriguez also attended the event.
The street is a stretch of the Calle San Francisco in the Miraflores neighborhood of Santo Domingo. The Senate approved the naming of the street on 25 September 2013 by Law 154-13.
Jose Miguel Martinez and a commission of city councilors were present for the commemorative event.
Mary Perez has also been awarded the Order of St. Sylvester Pope by Pope John Paul II, the Duarte, Sanchez and Mella award by the Dominican government and has been named a distinguished citizen by the Santo Domingo city government.
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