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Hopeworks News: September 2007
Come Join Us!
Our 3rd Annual Celebration Of Accomplishments
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Special Guest: Jim Murray Of The Philadelphia Eagles |
 It’s time to Celebrate the Accomplishments of our trainees, our supporters and all those who make hope a reality for the youth at Hopeworks. Please join us for an evening of dinner, music and dancing. We’ll also recognize the youth and "Hopesters" who have been instrumental in the success of Hopeworks. Plus meet Jim Murray of Philadelphia Eagles fame! It’s all part of a special evening, a Hopeworks’ Celebration of Accomplishments! September 29th at the Marian House, Cherry Hill, NJ. Reserve your table by calling us at 856-365-4673 or buy your tickets now! Click here for more information!
**ALL PROCEEDS WILL BE USED TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAMS FOR THE YOUTH OF CAMDEN AT HOPEWORKS. |
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Symantec Week Caps Off A Great 2007 Summer Program! |
Our very successful 2007 summer program ended with a BIG week at Hopeworks – a week of fun, learning and new experiences for all of the youth. From a standing ovation in Washington DC to a tour of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange it was a week to remember! Click here to read about the week of fun including the Technology Scavenger Hunt, Digital StoryTelling Film Festival and Hopeworks trip to the Philadelphia Stock Exchange!
 Tuesday - URISA Conference
Six youth along with GIS Director Tarren Anderson and Father Jeff presented the Keynote Address to the 2007 Urban and Regional Information Systems Association national convention in Washington DC. Click here for more...
Wednesday-
Community Training
21 people attended this year’s Community Training which featured Symantec’s Sue Rich and Lee Whity going over preventive measures we can all use to protect against viruses, spyware, and malware. GIS Director Tarren Anderson got people turned on to new ways to use Google Maps and Google Earth applications and Father Jeff and Production Trainee Lilly Roman gave participants a tour around My Space – showing how social networking is now done on-line.
Thursday - "On The Road"
Hopeworks took to the road
August 23rd - our first stop – The Philadelphia Stock Exchange where Harry Dewedoff, Senior Systems Administrative Manager and Michael Fil, VP of Data Center Operations gave our staff and youth a tour of their massive IT operations. In addition to the incredible computer systems at the Exchange we also saw former Hopeworks Trainee Dan Castelan on the trading floor. Click here to read full story.
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| Bluford Series, Townsend Press And Hopeworks Team Up |
Hopeworks and Townsend Press  will be working together to fashion a website for the Bluford Series of youth books. The Bluford Series has sold over 2 million copies. Hopeworks youth will be participating in a creative design process during the fall that will lead to the deployment of a Bluford website designed for young readers of the series! |
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| Hope Through School Summer Program A Big Hit! |
 The youth at Hopeworks ended this summer with a bang! For 7 weeks, 15 youth had the opportunity to learn, grow, and have fun all at the same time. Trainees learned Internet Basics, HTML 1, and PhotoShop! They made their own movies and went on trips to the National Liberty Museum and Six Flags Great Adventure! In our Literacy Program a team of Literacy Volunteers provided each youth with one-on-one tutoring, over 200 individual tutoring sessions in all! In addition to all of that, they were able to plan, organize, and accomplish a neighborhood park clean-up. We are all looking forward to keeping the success going as we move into the fall and our HTS after-school program gets back in session. Click here to read the full story.
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More Hopeworks Youth Attend College This Fall And Join The Rank Of Alumni |
 After a summer of hard work in our production department, Hopeworks youth are heading to college! Mario Arriola, a Business major, and Lilly Roman, a Psych major, return to Camden County College as upperclassmen and mentors to our two freshmen, Jamaal Johnson and Miles Roman. Miles, who graduated from Penn Tech, is a music major and says, “So far classes are awesome. Going to college is a dream come true for me." Jamaal, a Woodrow Wilson graduate, is still undecided on his major. We also want to recognize Danny Castelan, who after a summer internship at The Philadelphia Stock Exchange is continuing his studies at DeVry University, and Angel Rodriguez, who after a successful year at Camden County College, has transferred and moved into his dorm room at St. Joseph’s University! Good luck to all of our College Youth!
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This summer Hopeworks provided over 200 one-on-one tutoring sessions for our youth. We're looking to continue this in the fall, but we need your help! Come in and read with one of our youth and you'll be helping to create hope in the lives of Camden youth. Contact Shawn Mack for more information.
Hopeworks connects all trainees with caring and supportive adults in order to help them learn and grow. Trainees e-mail that person twice a week. All our welcomed to apply, but we especially need males. For more information or to apply, click here.
Hello! I am excited to join the staff of Hopeworks. I am starting my year as a Jesuit volunteer and am pleased to be at Hopeworks. I am from a suburb of Chicago and I went to the University of Kansas. I graduated with a BA in communication studies and a minor in leadership studies. I am eager to learn from the staff and trainees at Hopeworks and I hope to make a positive impact during my year in Camden!
Trainees at Hopeworks are looking forward to the invasion of the little ones when 3rd and 4th graders from Holy Name School take over our back training room for typing lessons. This year our Jesuit Volunteer Rachel Burns will be leading them from September through May.
United Way
Maryland Province of Jesuits
CPAC
CCYSC
Irene S. Scully Family Foundation
Raskob Foundation
Commerce Bank
Citizens Bank
Anonymous Supporters
9/16: Happy Birthday Mario!
9/29: Hopeworks Annual Dinner & Happy Birthday Lily!
Food Bank of South Jersey
Domenica Foundation
Camden Diocese
Camden Youth Drug Court
Newburgh Ministries
NJRC
Triad Associates
Grace of God Lutheran
Holy Saviour Parish
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