2010 Cooperman-Bogue Awards Winners

2010 Quarterly Winners

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.