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AWARENESS MENTORING PROGRAM©
This is the first Prevention/Intervention teen initiated program in Ulster County through adult guidance. It is aimed at giving middle school youth alternate activitiesprovided by trained High School students to promote prosocial skills with a special focus on tolerance skills,during recreational activities
that constitute 2012 UPDATES Please see our new combined website : http://www.awarenessinc.org/
Ulster sheriff reaffirms support for AWARENESS education program http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2012/September/14/AWARENESS-14Sep12.html AWARENESS teams up with UC Sheriff to offer peer to peer education program to Ulster County school districts http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2012/September/13/AWARENESS-13Sep12.html
2011 UPDATES May 2011 Marched in the Memorial Day Parade July 2011 Marched in the Kingston Childrens Day ParadeSeptember 13, 2011 Teen Executive Committee was formed September 24, 2011 Car Wash 2010 UPDATES May 2010 Marched in the Memorial Day Parade July 9, 2010 Marched in the Kingston Childrens Day Parade October 9, 2010 - Training for new Mentors November 7, 2010 - Mentors and Middle School Annual Event Michael Pauls Corn Maze and brought Pumpkins to Queens Galley Soup Kitchen to prepare for cooking to use over the winter December 2010 -Wreath Fundraiser 2009 UPDATES June 29, 2009 - Completed Mediation &Alternative to Violence Training July 10, 2009 - Marched in the Kingston Childrens Day Parade August 10, 2009 - Completed SAFE Talk Suicide Training with Mental Health Association October 4, 2009 - Mentors Took Middle School to KNICKS vs NETS game in Albany October 11, 2009- Training for new Mentors Novemeber 1, 2009 - Mentors brought Middle School to Michael Paul's Corn Maze (where it all started in 2006) Novemeber 15, 2009 -Mentors and middle school picked pumpkins and brought them to Queens Galley Soup Kitchen to prepare them for cooking to be used over the winter for people in need of food
We Would Like to Thank Businesses and people listed below for making us such a huge SUCCESS June 25,2007 Supervisor Shultis, Town of Hurley Board & Erma Moore for Helping fund us enabling and providing a place for us to meet. The Mental Health Association and Trainers Pam Perkins,Jo Griffits Kevin Salem and Kate Hyman- for their continued work and support helping the group create a documnetary. Michael Paul for opening Paul's Corn Maze in the off season and Brett for being such an awesome host! Steve Szymanski of STEVE's PIZZA for donating Pizza Bill Epstien of Hurley Ridge Market for donating the Smore's Chocolate Cheer's for the Chocolate Coins Regal Cinema's for donating the movie tickets that were our prizes and a treat for our AMAZING Mentors Sue Taylor of SWEET SUE'S for treating the Mentor's to a Pancake Breakfast in the near future. West Hurley Service Station~ offering The River Rats Hockey Promotion so we could get tickets Gene Berardi and Adirondack Trailways for Transportation to the Duke Game and Driver "T" John Stote III and Anaconda- for AWARENESS Sweatshirts we wore to the Duke Game TCBY-future ice cream party for Mentors date TBD Kate Hyman and Kevin Salem-for working with us on the Documentary we are doing Skytop Restuarant~for Pizza Hurley Mt Inn-Wings WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE STARTED A SECOND COMPONENT OF AWARENESS NAMED AWARENESS II Please go to our new site www.awarenessinc.org www.hvinet.com/awareness2 to find out the details of this program created by out Mentors.
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