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Anne Marie Fahey Award Winners
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CREATIVE MENTORING'S ANNE MARIE FAHEY AWARD NOMINATION
As the individual who most influenced former Governor Carper to become an active mentoring advocate and recruiter of volunteer mentors throughout our state, Anne Marie Fahey was singularly important in the growth of in-school mentoring in Delaware. Her interest and commitment led to a volunteer movement that today serves literally thousands and thousands of children in Delaware schools. By way of acknowledging her efforts and to keep the spirit that Anne Marie brought to mentoring alive and well, Creative Mentoring created the Anne Marie Fahey Mentoring Award. This award is presented each school year to an individual who, like Anne Marie, has had a significant impact upon the growth and/or development of in-school mentoring within the community.
Nominations are accepted from any Delaware public school mentoring program as well as from businesses and community organizations that partner with these schools. Schools and other qualifying organizations may select their nominees in any way they wish. A panel of judges appointed by Creative Mentoring, including a member of Anne Marie’s family and a member of the Creative Grandparenting, Inc. ® Board, reviews all nominations and presents awards at a selected mentor appreciation event. (Certificates of Acknowledgement are also sent to each nominee.)
Those persons nominated must be actively mentoring a child or children in a Delaware public school OR actively involved with a Delaware public school-based mentoring program as a business or community organization partner. A mentor for the purposes of this award is defined as an individual who spends a minimum of 30 minutes each week one-on-one with a child during the school day and whose work with that child is not limited to academic tutoring but rather a variety of activities based upon the individual child’s needs.
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CREATIVE MENTORING'S ANNE MARIE FAHEY AWARD WINNERS
Mr. Tony Marchio
Townsend Elementary School
Mentoring for 4 years
Nominated by: Linda Lindale, HOSTS Coordinator
Brief: This co-winner is the superintendent of the Appoquinimink School District. He was responsible for starting the Creative Mentoring program at Townsend Elementary School. He recruits other mentors from work and church, and also participates in the HOSTS program. He has consistently mentored for the past 4 years, and has been particularly involved with special needs children. He has shown excellent leadership and support of Creative Mentoring. Quote: “Sometimes helping children requires a little extra time and effort, and I am thankful that I can spend some of my time in such a worthwhile manner.”
Mrs. Sally Monigle
Carrie Downie Elementary School
Mentoring for 8 years (since 1994)
Nominated by: Deborah Kelly, School Counselor
Brief: She has been a part of the mentoring program at Carrie Downie Elementary School since it began in 1994. She serves as the liaison between the school coordinator and the mentors. She has recruited other mentors from her church and the surrounding community. She plans mentor appreciation programs, and has set up mentor book bins. As well as Creative Mentoring, she works as a library volunteer and a classroom reader volunteer. Her volunteer work has made a difference in the lives of students, staff, other mentors and the community.
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