2010 Cooperman-Bogue Awards Winners
2010 Annual Winner
Jennifer Fawcett is a childcare specialist with the City of Largo. She oversees the after-school program at Mildred Helms Elementary school. In addition to her regular duties, she organizes donations of food and toys for families in need, volunteeres her services as a sign language interpreter and teaches children in her program to sign. Fawcett has also recently become a foster parent.
2010 Quarterly Winners
FOURTH QUARTERLY WINNER
Sareda Thornton is a BNet Targeted Case Manager with Personal Enrichment Through Mental Health Services (PEMHS). She conducts case management assessments to determine which services can enhance the mental, behavioral or medical health of clients ranging from five to nineteen years old. She consistently offers help to co-workers and the Program Manager improving the program as well as the outcomes of clients' treatment. Thornton is flexible and available to meet her clients' needs whenever and wherever help is needed. Her nominated describes her as having an undying compassion for children suffering from mental illness and says that she one of the primary reasons the BNet program is successful.
SECOND QUARTERLY WINNER
Deputy Cheko Carter is a Community Policing Officer with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office based at the High Point Neighborhood Family Center. Deputy Carter was lauded by his nominator for serving as a mentor and role model to the youth who come to the center. He organizes Friday night movie nights where teens come to watch a film and then discuss issues presented by the movie. Deputy Carter has been instrumental in securing bicycles for children from low income families and helping families with housing. During the unusually cold winter of 09-10, he helped deliver coats and blankets to the area's homeless residents.
FIRST QUARTERLY WINNER
Carletha Hill is a Family Support Worker II with the Pinellas County Health Department's Healthy Families program She visits parents in their homes providing parenting education and case management in order to provide security for the children in the home. She helps families set goals and connects them with community resources that help them achieve. Carletha is noted for lifting the morale of co-workers and inspiring clients.
