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Sara Wilson is new to the Catholic Charities team! In the short time she’s been here, she’s “hit the road running” and doesn’t look like she’s going to slow down anytime soon! She always positive and ready and willing to take on whatever is tossed her way! She’s warm, knowledgeable and full of common sense, which is a “must have” in Human Resources! | ||||
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A special thank you to Donna McNamara – we can always count on Donna to man the fort when we are offsite, and for all the other administrative duties she assists us with. Much gratitude from the rest of the Dignity Diversion team for all you do, Donna! | ||||
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The Dignity Diversion staff, along with Tami Hartman, conducted intakes for the fourth Phoenix First Step pop-up drop-in center. We served 58 sex trafficked/prostituted individuals at the day’s event. Tami Hartman also served as tour guide to community members interested in learning more about this event. More than 15 other agencies participated at the center, offering a broad variety of much needed resources to participants. We were thrilled for the opportunity to participate! | ||||
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Lydia Duarte, health and nutrition specialist at Westside Head Start, is innovative in all she does, and is always ready to assist anyone with anything at any given time and has an amazing attitude. Thank you, Lydia! | ||||
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Kathleen Kellenberger is professional and committed to her position at Buckeye 1 Head Start Preschool. She always has time to help families and co-workers and talks to her students in a positive manner. When families or co-workers have any concerns, she is always willing to help. Thank you, Kathleen! | ||||
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Krystal Semmons has been working as the SSVF (Veteran Services) Data Specialist since December 2010. As the only data person for the program, she has been a great asset and a joy to work with. Krystal maintains a 99 percent of the data quality standard for the SSVF program and continues to work hard to even do better. She is always willing to assist her team members whenever needed to ensure they are meeting program guidelines pertaining to HMIS. | ||||
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A parent workshop was held at Heritage Middle School in Chino Valley in November. The principal and parents were very engaged and appreciative. The next day, the principal wrote to North Start Youth Partnership Parent and Student Educator Krystal Koons in an email: “Thank you Krystal! I'm glad we had a good turnout for last night! We're glad you are here with us! You do an amazing job! You were meant to do this job and help so many young people!” | ||||
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North Star’s educators Krystal Koons, Phil Holl and Len DeJoria taught 7th grade at Mile High Middle School. The team got a note back saying, “Thank you ….[for] all you do for the kids at Mile High. We love working with you and look forward to your return. Please let us know what we can do to support you in the future.” | ||||
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Linda Burrier works in the Parents as Teacher program and she does it all! She is organized, takes initiative and no job is too small. She also manages the Christmas gift program for our clients, and worked very hard to get the gifts sorted and out to clients. Thanks to her, our clients all received their gifts in time for Christmas! | ||||
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Diane Delong of North Star Youth Partnership is a great leader. She is passionate about her program, great at engaging the community and is very organized. | ||||
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Elsa Rivera is the administrative assistant in the immigration program. She is always positive, knowledgeable in her field and has a big heart. Thank you, Elsa! | ||||
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Cathy Bauer of the Dignity Diversion program goes above and beyond her job description. She is very knowledgeable, always willing to work with others and always positive. | ||||
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Rebecca Sauer in the counseling department is devoted to her program. This charismatic leader is passionate about helping others. | ||||
Kudos to the following team members for writing two or more articles for the Catholic Charities blog in 2016.
- Patricia Jacques
- Robyn Johnson
- Henry Behr
- Anna Smith
- Mary Cannon
- Nancy Dang
- Brittany Allen
