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National Mentoring Month

January 2009 commemorated the eighth annual National Mentoring Month. (Mentoring.org)

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NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH 2009

Congratulations to JPMorgan Chase and WSFS Bank for being chosen recipients of the Senator Thomas R. Carper Award for Youth Mentoring for their model of excellent corporate community service and the dedication of their employees in mentoring Delaware’s children and youth.

Shown below at the awards ceremony held on January 27, 2009 are: (back row) Laura Coogan, Staff Assistant to Senator Tom Carper; Tom Stevenson, President, Cash Connect, WSFS Bank; Scott Lammers, Vice President, JPMorgan Chase; (front row) Lt. Governor Matt Denn; Michael Gamel-McCormick, Interim Dean, College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy, University of Delaware; Jim Wolfe, President & CEO, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce.

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Listen to the message from Senator Tom Carper to the recipients of the Senator Thomas R. Carper Award for Youth Mentoring the evening of January 27, 2009.

National Mentoring Month 2009

Pictures from the January 27, 2009, celebration at the Baby Grand in Wilmington

Tom Stevenson, President of Cash Connect, Division of WSFS Bank, accepts the Senator Thomas R. Carper Award for Youth Mentoring on behalf of WSFS Bank from Jim Wolfe, President and CEO of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and co-chair of the Delaware Mentoring Council and Laura Coogan, Staff Assistanct to Senator Carper.

Scott Lammers, Vice President, accepts the Senator Thomas R. Carper Award for Youth Mentoring on behalf of JPMorgan Chase from Jim Wolfe, President and CEO of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and co-chair of the Delaware Mentoring Council and Laura Coogan, Staff Assistanct to Senator Carper.

Lt. Governor Matt Denn speaks to the importance of mentoring children and youth in the Markell/Denn administration.

Carman Collazo, from the Latin American Community Center, shares information about their mentoring programs with a guest.

Joe Duffy, Executive Director of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Delaware and Rob Martinelli, President of Delaware Today Magazine and a member of the BBBS Board, meet in front of the Big Brothers Big Sisters’ display.

Jim Patton and Jane Maroney, honorees of Connecting Generations for their long-time commitment to mentoring, visited with Jim Wolfe and Michael Gamel-McCormick, Co-chairs of the Delaware Mentoring Council.

The Cathedral Choir School performs.

Delaware Youth for Christ mentoring program display.

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Representatives from organizations receiving certificates of appreciation for their involvement with mentoring of children and youth gather for a picture along with Mayor Baker, Lt. Governor Denn, Jim Wolfe and other organizers of the evening.

Names of the organizations receiving certificates of appreciation were: