2002 Cooperman-Bogue Award Winners
2002 Annual Award Winner
Duane Kinnison, Resource Teacher with the Homeless Education Assistance Team, has been with Pinellas County Schools/Dropout Prevention for seven years. He not only ensures that homeless children have the educational services needed, but that they receive any material needs as well. On a two-week winter school break, he used his own truck to pick up items to distribute to homeless shelter residents. Duane is an inspiration to co-workers, helping them in any way he can to reach their full potential.
2002 Quarterly Award Winners
Joan Reed, Family Support Worker, has worked for Pinellas County Health Department STOP (Special Teen Outreach Program) for ten years. She meets with clients at their chosen location to achieve the program’s goal: prevent pregnancy and ensure clients graduate from high school. She helps students get out of inappropriate environments and into counseling, and helps them graduate from high school and go on to college. The word can't is not in Joan’s vocabulary, rather can, will, and how are frequently used.
Francesca Lorenzen, Social Worker, has worked with the Pinellas County Schools Homeless Project for four years. She coordinates back-to-school shopping trips for homeless families, and assists them in finding housing, medical, and dental assistance. She developed and maintains the Homeless Project website, which gives information about the project and resources available. One co-worker says that Francesca “makes me work harder because she is an inspiration to all of us.”
Lillie McFarley, Child and Family Consultant, has worked with Coordinated Child Care’s Project Challenge Program for one-and-a-half years, and the agency more than ten years. She assists countless children with behavioral challenges, along with their parents, in maintaining child care placements that maximize the children’s success while there, and improve behavior at home. Lillie routinely volunteers for several additional agency and collaborative workgroups, including the holiday Adopt-a-Family Committee and Project Safe Start.
To nominate an outstanding human service provider contact Eddie Burch
Call Eddie: 727-547-5676
