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2nd Annual Fundraising Breakfast Held on Feb. 24th
Breakfast pictures: Breakfast 2011
The second annual YO:Durham fundraising breakfast took place on the morning of Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at the American Tobacco Campus Bay 7. Donors for the 2011 breakfast were boosted by a challenge grant offered by the Steward's Fund, to match the first $15,000 of new or increased gifts.
The program for the morning featured WUNC 91.5 FM radio journalist Frank Stasio as emcee and award winning Jordan High School teacher and coach Stuart Albright as the keynote speaker. Also participating on the program were Rev. Michael Page- Durham County Board of Commissioners chairman, Cora Cole-McFadden – Durham Mayor pro-tem and City Council member, Bill Ingram – President of Durham Technical Community College, Minnie Forte-Brown – NCCU Employee and Durham Public Schools Board Chair, Leigh Bordley – Durham Public Schools board member, and LD Burris, Maryann Crea, Rev. Jimmie Hawkins – members of the YO:Durham Development Committee.
Dr. Susan Blackmon, Program Director of YO:Durham, provided information about the program components and introduced a video produced by Duke University students Elizabeth Bourassa and Samantha Stamler.
Testimonials were given by:
- Dr. Friederike Jayes, an internship supervisor who works in Women's health research at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Duke University. She has served as an Internship supervisor for YO Durham students since 2008.
- Janae Bonaparte, a senior at Josephine Dobbs Clement Early College High School at North Carolina Central University. She is a member of the 2010 – 2011 class of YO:Durham.
- Angela Davis has served as a mentor and Summer Career Academy facilitator for YO:Durham since 2009. She is the owner of WeWorkNC and a Southeast Partner of Diversity Training University International. Angela facilitates Workforce Development Training for agencies such as: WIA, JobCorps, Employment Security Commission, Career Services at NCCU, and YO:Durham. She currently works for The Kerr Tar Regional Council of Governments Workforce Development Board.
Update December 2010
Goals and Achievements
YO: Durham’s focus on providing mentoring, career planning, service learning, tutoring, and internship opportunities provides a balance between prevention and intervention strategies. Identifying young people at a critical juncture in adolescence and providing a well-designed, intensive Year of Opportunity offers the best promise of moving beyond protecting youth from harm to charting robust pathways to positive adult futures. Students completing the program continue to receive post-program counseling regarding academic progress, job programs for high school youth, and assistance with postsecondary education planning.
Year 1 June 2007 – May 2008, 24 Students
Goal 1: To increase the rate of high school graduation
Twelve out of a possible 12students (100%) graduated from high school. One student received a GED.
Goal 2: To increase enrollment in post-secondary education
North Carolina Central University – 3
North Carolina A&T State University - 1
North Carolina State University – 1
Durham Technical Community College - 6
Goal 3: To increase workplace preparedness
Twenty-three of 24 students (96%) completed the six-week Summer Career Academy.
Twenty-one of 23 students (91%) worked internships during the 2007-2008 school year. The remaining two needed to concentrate on academics.
Goal 4: To decrease in the number of students appearing in the juvenile justice system
Twenty-two of 23 students (91%) remain arrest free. (One student was charged at school, case has not been resolved)
School Statistics – comparing pre YO:Durham to post YO:Durham
93% of students have increased GPA.
82% increased class rank position.
88% increased attendance rate.
96% promoted to next grade level.
YEAR 2 June 2008 – May 2009, 27 Students
Goal 1: To increase the rate of high school graduation
Nine out of a possible 9 students (100%) graduated from high school
Goal 2: To increase enrollment in post-secondary education
North Carolina Central University - 1
North Carolina A&T State University - 1
Durham Technical Community College – 4
US Marines - 1
Goal 3: To increase workplace preparedness
Twenty-seven students (100%) completed the six-week Summer Career Academy.
Twenty-four of a possible twenty-five students (96%) worked internships during the 2008-2009 school year. (Two students moved out of Durham County. One student concentrated on academics.)
Goal 4: To decrease in the number of students appearing in the juvenile justice system
Twenty-three of 25 students (92%) remain arrest free.
School Statistics – comparing pre YO:Durham to post YO:Durham
83% of students have increased GPA.
79% increased class rank position.
88% increased attendance rate.
88% promoted to next grade level.
YEAR 3 June 2009 – June 2010, 28 students
Goal 1: To increase the rate of high school graduation
Four out of a possible 4 students (100%) graduated from high school
Goal 2: To increase enrollment in post-secondary education
UNC-Chapel Hill - 1
Durham Technical Community College – 2
Undecided - 1
Goal 3: To increase workplace preparedness
Twenty-five of the 28 students (89%) completed the six-week Summer Career Academy.
Twenty-three of a possible 25 students (92%) worked internships during the 2009-2010 school year. (Other students concentrated on academics.)
Goal 4: To decrease in the number of students appearing in the juvenile justice system
Twenty-four of 25 students (96%) remain arrest free.
School Statistics – comparing pre YO:Durham to post YO:Durham
Analysis in process.
YEAR 4 June 2010 – June 2011, 19 students (in progress)
Goal 1: To increase the rate of high school graduation
All students are attending high school
Goal 2: To increase enrollment in post-secondary education
Seniors are applying for colleges.
Goal 3: To increase workplace preparedness
Nineteen of the 19 students (100%) completed the five-week Summer Career Academy.
Thirteen of a possible 18 students (72%) are working internships during the 2010-2011 school year. (Other students are concentrating on academics or participating in sports.)
Goal 4: To decrease in the number of students appearing in the juvenile justice system
Eighteen of 19 students (95%) remain arrest free.
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