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Local NFW Event Photos
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Cornerstones of Care,
Kansas City,
MO
Ryan Dowis, vice president of Foster Care Case Management; Denise Cross,
incoming president/CEO; Thom McNamara, director of Community
Outreach; Wendy Thomas, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of
Wendy’s International, Inc. and event keynote speaker; Paul
Gemeinhardt, president/CEO.
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Jane Addams Hull House, Chicago
(Second from left) Clarence Wood, president and CEO, poses with Creasie Hairston, Ph.D., professor and dean of the Jane Addams
College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago and
recipient of the National Family Week Advocacy Award. Hairston spoke
at the NFW event. Other panelists include (left) Nicole Anderson,
Ph.D., director of Institutional Research and Quality Improvement,
and Rev. Calvin Morris, Ph.D. executive director of Community
Renewal Society.
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Family &
Children's Service, Minneapolis
Leaders accepting awards at
the NFW Honoring
Banquet are Jewelean Jackson, community leader honoree, Lutunji
Abram, Representative Augustine
“Willie” Dominguez legislative assistant who accepted this year’s
NFW Advocacy Award on his behalf, and Thandisizwe Jackson, community
leader honoree.
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Family &
Children's Service, Minneapolis
The treasure box activity at the NFW event, Family Day at
Lake Street, gave event goers an opportunity to write and store
messages of what they treasure most about their family.
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Family &
Children's Service, Minneapolis
Volunteers and families helped paint a 55 foot hallway mural at
the agency's Lake Street Branch. The mural was designed by
volunteer, Katie Thompson, and is a collage of the faces of children
that attended the agencies programs and events this summer. Photo
by Mandy Dwyer
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Parental Stress Center (PSC),
Pittsburgh
Community Advocate Awardee, John Vater, principal, Peabody High
School (Pittsburgh Public Schools) is shown with his family. (far
left) PSC Executive Director, Jim Thompson, and (far right) PSC
Director of Programs and Community Initiatives
Bob Feikema.
(second from right) Commander Maurita Bryant, Pittsburgh Police
Bureau and PSC Board Member.
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Family Service
of the Piedmont, Jamestown, NC
Thomas Bonney, president and CEO; Rebecca Smothers, mayor of High
Point; and Pastor Dale Newton, president of the Southside
Neighborhood Association and the NFW Family Advocate Award winner
pose for a picture at the Family Pride at Southside event in
celebration of National Family Week.
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Glove House, Elmira, NY
Panelists
addressed bullying and violence in schools. They are: Dr. Sandra
Bloom, keynote speaker, David Holmes, school resource officer of
the Elmira City School District, Dr. Raymond Bryant,
superintendent of Elmira City Schools, Brian Hart, director of
the Chemung County Mental Hygiene Services, and Kevin Murphy,
director of Clinical Services
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Auberle, McKeesport,
PA
More than
150 people who attended the Auberle NFW event received information
about services in Allegheny County.
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Village for
Children and Families, Hartford, CT
Judge White, Andrea Barton
Reeves, vice chair, board of directors, Galo Rodriguez, president
and CEO, and Judge Cofield pose following an award ceremony that was
part of the agency's NFW policy form on adoption. |
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Family & Youth, Lake
Charles, LA
Linda Nguyen, director of civic engagement at the Alliance for
Children and Families, presents a workshop on how to engage the
media during a forum about mission based advocacy. |
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