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Youth and Family Services counseling sessions. Parent education and support are also made available to parents. Family Awareness Day 2007 Despite the rain, we had another very successful Family Awareness Day event with approximately 400 South Windsor residents in attendance. 20 kids participated in a one mile Fun Run and we had 97 runners for the Hog Jog with the winning time being 18:40; Hayrides provided by Public Works Department who took the precaution of covering the hay wagon to keep participants dry; Public Works vehicles were on display and refreshments provided to runners; pony rides were damp but nonetheless successful; Police Department had a great presence and kept runners paced and safe and helped with cleanup. Family Awareness Day is made possible with support from the South Windsor Alliance for Families (SWAFF), South Windsor Youth and Family Services staff, SW Teen Center Youth Council members, SW SADD Chapter members, SW Police Services, SW Public Works Department, SW Recreation Department, SW Fire Department, SW Human Relations Commission, SW Super Sixties Sportsmen, SW Public Schools, SW Jaycees, dedicated volunteers and generous area businesses. Special thanks to the Family Awareness Day Planning Committee and Chair Person, Colleen Lyons, for their hard work and relentless spirit. Friend of Youth Service Bureaus On the evening of September 24 th , the Connecticut Youth Services Association region VI hosted the annual “Friends of Youth Service Bureaus” awards dinner and ceremony. The event took place at the Andover, Marlboro, Hebron Youth Service Bureau, which is located in Hebron, CT. This event gives Youth Service Bureaus in our region an opportunity to recognize groups or individuals who support the work of YSB’s. This year, South Windsor Youth and Family Services recognized Karl Reichle, Steve Lavigueur and John Tripp from the Public Works Department for their outstanding support and contribution to our Rising Stars Community Service Program. This program is run during the summer months and engages youth in service to their community. Karl, Steve and John partnered with Jo-Ann Ciccaglione, our Teen Center Program Coordinator, to provide various tasks including painting fire hydrants, winter plows, leaf collection boxes, etc. South Windsor Youth and Family Services also recognized Kristin Heckt, Principal of Timothy Edwards Middle School. Kristin was recognized for her tremendous support and ongoing commitment to collaborations with SWY&FS that have yielded such programs as the School Based Mentoring Program, the Jump Start Tutoring Program and more. 12,500 copies of the “Parent Talk” Newsletter were distributed to parents, schools, health care providers, etc. The newsletter has information about Youth and Family Services’ programs, community events and parent friendly information and tips. These newsletters can be viewed at www.southwindsor.org. KidTrax South Windsor Youth and Family Services is one of eight communities in our region who received a grant from The Hartford Foundation to purchase a data collection program called KidTrax. The purpose of this program is to allow youth serving organizations, using an Internet connection, to collect statistical data on individuals receiving our services and to track attendance in our various programs. Not only will this system help us to best serve the residents of South Windsor it will also give us data for future grant opportunities! 42 | Town of South Windsor: Annual Report 2007/2008
Human Relations Commission Janice E. Favreau Chairperson The Human Relations Commission held regularly scheduled meetings with the exception of July and August 2008. A work session meeting was held in the month of March 2008. Meeting Dates: The meeting date continued to be the second Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The Commission meets in the Caucus Room of the Town Hall. Membership: Currently, the Commission consists of nine members. All four of the Democratic slots are filled, two Republican slots are filled with unaffiliated positions are filled and one Republican position is filled. Two Republican positions remain open. October 2007 For the fourth year in a row, the Commission participated in the annual Family Awareness Day Event sponsored by South Windsor Family Awareness Day Planning Committee at the South Windsor Community Center. The Commission wrote, acted and produced its Second Annual Diversity Puppet Show entitled, “THE UNIVERSITY OF DIVERSITY”. The purpose of the puppet show is to bring the message of diversity to the town’s youngest citizens. The Commission employs the use of puppets to capture the attention of the children and adults alike. This year’s theme focused on how diversity can come in many forms. We explained to the Charles Margolis, Vice Chair, in the role of Officer Goodman, Janice Favreau, Chair, in the role of Professor English and John Pelkey, Council Liaison, in the role of Sean children that some people think that the only way someone can be diverse is when they have a different skin color. In order to illustrate that even the same “color” can be different, we use lollipops. We explained that even if you have three red lollipops, each can be a different flavor, for example, one can be strawberry, one can be cherry, and one can be watermelon - all red - yet each one unique in its flavor! The children understood that it would be pretty boring if everyone were the same “flavor”! November 2007 The Commission sponsored an event commemorating the Gettysburg address and our 16 th President, Abraham Lincoln, by bringing internationally-known Lincoln artist, Wendy Allen, to the Town Council Chambers where she presented her program entitled, “In Search of America’s Soul”. Ms. Allen spoke about President Lincoln and his lasting influence on America. She discussed the battle at Gettysburg and Mr. Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg address. Ms. Allen discussed how understanding Lincoln and the catastrophic tragedy and subsequent rebirth of Gettysburg is key to discovering the soul of America. She invited two children, Brooklyn and Jailyn, from the audience to “assist” her in creating a new portrait of Lincoln. The lucky artists were the daughters of 8 th Grade Social Studies Teacher, Rob Murphy, of Timothy Edwards Middle School. December 2007 Event at Timothy Edwards Middle School with Wendy Allen Lincoln artist Wendy Allen in the Town Council Chambers with co-artists, Brooklyn and Jailyn Our November presentation of Wendy Allen sparked the interest of Rob Murphy, an 8 th Grade Social Studies teacher at Timothy Edwards Middle School, especially since both of his daughters were chosen by Ms. Allen as coartists in her presentation during the November event. Mr. Murphy then invited Ms. Allen to give her presentation to the 8th grade students who at a time were currently learning about Lincoln in their social studies classes. He said as follows, Town of South Windsor: Annual Report 2007/2008 | 43
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