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Richard J. Ferrara Boys' Therapeutic Group Home Dedication
http://heartsandhomes.org/articles/64/1/Richard-J-Ferrara-Boys039-Therapeutic-Group-Home-Dedication/Page1.html
By HHY Webmaster
Published on 04/10/2008
 
County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) said it was ‘‘most appropriate” that the home is named for Ferrara because of his lifelong dedication to helping children in Montgomery County.
From the Gazette Newspaper
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Boys’ home renamed for founder
The late Richard J. Ferrara honored for helping children
by Contessa Crisostomo | Staff Writer

Friends and family of the late Richard Ferrara gathered on Saturday to dedicate in his honor the boy’s group home he founded several decades ago.

Ferrara was the director of the county’s Housing Opportunities Commission when he died in September at age 63. But before working for the county, he was one of the founders of Boys and Girls Homes of Montgomery County, now called Hearts and Homes for Youth and based in Silver Spring.

Read the full story online at the Gazette Newspaper.