36 Students and 10 Organizations Honored last Night at WCCA's Youth Media Honor Awards
Submitted by mauro on June 24, 2009 - 12:16pm.
June 24, 2009
WCCA TV presented YOUTH MEDIA HONOR AWARDS last night on
Tuesday, June 23rd 2009, 5:30 PM to 7 PM at WCCA TV 415 Main St. Worcester, MA
WCCA Summer General Membership dedicated the evening by honoring Youth Media. Over 70 people joined the WCCA Board of Directors and Staff as the community media public access station presented thirty six (36) Youth Media Honor Awards were presented to the following students, Interns in addition to ten (10) supporting organizations:
Program: The Wacky Factory Youth - Facilitating Coordinator Eric Glass
Youth recipients:
Makayla Connor, Alexandra Tessman, Paige Carney,
Victoria Bohush, Derek Pettinelli, Jeremy Zendzian,
Douglas Brady, Tiana Felix, Jake Glass, Zane Provost,
Adrianna Casassa and Christopher Lajeunesse
Programs: Young Views Real News & Teen Central – Facilitating Coordinator Judy Langlois
Youth recipients:
Alix Madden, Aloysius Street, Anthony Bisceglia, Brittany Miller, Brittany Zendzian, Franchesca Pintado, Isaac Creppy, Jacob Moon, Jeremy Abare, Nathan Mahoney, Sarah Flynn, Seth Knoll, Anthony Pepi, Tiana Felix, Cynthia Alinda, Jenny Madani, and Kimberly Stalmok
Program: Interns Community Vision – Facilitating Coordinator Jennifer Pichierri
Youth recipients:
Brittany Miller, Richard Pagan, Sorana Gatej, Mindy Harris, Fabian Glen, Admira Rust, Irene Mensah, Sally Le, and Ashley Zuniga
Youth Organizations & Community Supporters
Worcester Youth Center, YMCA, YWCA, Girls & Boys Club,
Project Triumph, Worcester State College, Dynamy Inc, Community College Connection, Greater Worcester Community Foundation and Worcester Cultural Commission
Recognizing the importance of celebrating and encouraging youth media activities at WCCA TV, we believe it is important to acknowledge the hard work and creativity of all our youth media participants. We encourage continued participation of interns from local colleges, youth volunteers, peer trainers, and local youth program partnerships with Dynamy Inc, Community Connections (WPS), and the Youth Center have worked in close partnerships with WCCA TV for many years. The results of their works have expanded the scope of our local youth voices, build community bridges, and in numerous cases have inspired meaningful careers in media for many as professional communicators and teachers of media arts.
WCCA TV youth media programs are focused upon giving local youth a hands on experiential learning opportunity to a large range of media related skills from citizen journalism, all phases of TV / video production and distribution, public speaking, public service, and civic engagement.
Thanks to everyone for their help and support.
Contact: Mauro DePasquale, Executive Director, 508-755-1880 ext. 11
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Youth Honor Awards recieves a nice letter
Sent to WCCA today:
We had to rush out last night after the event because Lori had 4
daughters she had to pick up. We did not get a chance to thank you in
person. I just want to tell you what a nice time we had. We learned a
lot about your organization, your supporters and you. We were impressed
with the depth and breadth of your programming. It warmed our heart to
see Nathan receive his award and have his Powerpoint on display. (Thanks
for the copy, by the way.) Finally, we love the recognition certificate
we received!! We were particularly impressed with the way you
personalized each certificate, and Lori read ours over to me several
times as I drove her back to her car. She plans meeting with the
college president to show her the certificate. We are so honored.
Thank you for everything you have done for our two students.......both
have had transformative experiences working with you at WCCATV.
I am looking forward to next year. We are going to meet on some of your
suggestions about transitioning the students from classroom to
internship and thank you for your input.
Enjoy your summer and thanks again,
Paula Donahue, QCC, Project Triumph
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