Communities That Care

Posted on October 25, 2011

Five Town CTC Honors Youth Advocates at October Meeting

Five Town Communities That Care is pleased to announce the most recent winners of its Youth Advocate Awards.  At the October 6, 2011 Five Town CTC Coalition Network Meeting Board Chair Dick Strong presented Andrew Lesmerises with an individual award for his service to local youth.

Mr. Lesmerises has been supporting local young people by providing opportunities to learn mixed martial arts and by mentoring them through life’s challenges.

Also honored at the meeting was the Camden-Rockport Animal Rescue League, with Lisa Dresser accepting the award on behalf of the organization.  CRARL has partnered with Five Town CTC for several years by offering “Animal Antics” classes through the STAR after school program.

The Five Town CTC Coalition honors Youth Advocates quarterly.  Selection of nominees to receive the Youth Advocate Award is to be based on one or more of the following criteria:

1) Involved in reducing problem adolescent behaviors (such as substance abuse, suicide, violence, delinquency, school drop-out, and teen pregnancy) among our local youth.

2) Involved in reducing Five Town CTC priority risk factors in the local community.

3) Involved in promoting Five Town CTC priority protective factors in the local community.

4) Fostering increased collaboration and cooperation amongst youth-serving agencies, groups, and businesses in the local community.

5) Fostering improved communication between local youth and their community—including between youth and adults, and between youth and their peers.

6) Providing opportunities for area youth to learn new skills that they can use in service to their community.

If you know of an individual or organization fitting the criteria above please nominate them for the awards.  Nominations can be submitted by emailing the candidate’s name and contact info, along with a statement of why you feel they should receive the award to info@fivetownctc.org.

Five Town CTC has been working since 2003 to promote healthy youth development and to reduce the incidence of problem adolescent problem behaviors such as substance abuse, suicide, violence, delinquency, school drop-out, and teen pregnancy.  The organization provides direct service programming, support for other agencies providing prevention programming, public information, training, and technical assistance related to its mission.  For more information about Five Town CTC, visit www.fivetownctc.org, email info@fivetownctc.org, call 207-236-9800, or stop by the offices at 219 Meadow Street in Rockport.

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