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Santa Fe Adolescent Services recognizes that resiliency
of young people is uniquely and powerfully impacted by
those individuals who take personal responsibility for
contributing to the development of our children.
Research shows that prevention of substance abuse among
young people is promoted through numerous strategies –
formal and informal, intentional and unintentional. The
fusion of all efforts - formal and informal, individual
and community - have tremendous power to protect youth
from a variety of harmful and unhealthy choices
including substance use, school problems, antisocial
behavior, and even death.
The Board
of Directors and agency leadership believe few public
figures have accomplished more to model this commitment
to young people than Mayor Moncrief. For this reason,
Santa Fe Adolescent Services has created the Mike
Moncrief “Believing In Youth” Award in order to
celebrate and honor those individuals who have
demonstrated a commitment of time and energy “beyond the
call of duty” to the youth of our community.
2006 Banquet Review
Award
Recipients:
Carey Cockerell
was appointed the Commissioner of the Texas
Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)
by Governor Perry in 2005. Prior to this
appointment, Mr. Cockerell was Director of
Juvenile Services for
Tarrant
County
for more than 20 years. His dedication to young
people and belief in collaborative efforts with
community agencies lead to the development of a
variety of innovate services to assist troubled
young people in getting their lives back on
track.
Bishop Ron Mays,
pastor of Charity Church, established the Annual
Coats for Kids Drive in 1990 which
provides coats, toys, and food to over 10,000
individuals as well as school supplies for
thousands of children each year. In addition,
Bishop Mays developed the “Guns for Drums”
program which allows teens to exchange guns for
musical instruments.
2007 Banquet Information
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Date of event:
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May 3, 2007 |
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Location: |
City Club of Fort Worth |
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Master of
Ceremonies: |
Scott Murray |
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Award Presenter:
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Award
Recipient: |
Daryl Johnston, former Dallas
Cowboy fullback, has contributed time to many
charities including the Special Olympics,
Children's Cancer Fund, Cystic Fibrosis and
Literacy Instruction for Texas (LIFT). He has
served as honorary chairman for MDA's "Aisles of
Smiles campaign, an organization he has served
for over ten years. Additionally, due to
his numerous community services activities he
was nominated for the prestigious "Whizzer White
Humanitarian Award."
For more information contact DiAnn Rucker at
817-492-4673 or drucker@santafeyouth.org
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Fort Worth, TX. 76118
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