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• There du PontLongwood Foundation President There du Pont discusses the origins of his family's nonprofit foundation and his new role as the chairman of DANA, the Delaware Association of Nonprofit Agencies.
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• Young Health ProgramLaunched in January 2012, the Young Health Program: IM40 is a five year program that will enable youth to increase their inventory of developmental assets with the help of caring adults, work to increase their assets through community asset building programs. Young Health Program is brought to you by a coalition of community partners, led by AstraZeneca and United Way of Delaware.
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• Parent Involvement Awards: Bayard Middle SchoolBayard Middle School is doing a variety of complementary things for parental involvement. Bayard has a Family and Community Liaison Team devoted to increasing Family and Community Engagement. By bringing in the community, as well as the parents, the involvement outside of the school building has increased. Bayard formed a Parent Cyber Café, which is an online group of parents that meet monthly online to discuss important information about the school and their students. They are also working to create a Spanish version of the Cyber Café. Both of these “Café’s” allow parents to be an integral part of the school in a way they might otherwise not have had. www.christina.k12.de.us/Bayard More »
• Making Delaware’s Case to Major EmployersIn his weekly address, the Governor talks about two new chances to make Delaware's case in the national debate on how to get people working, make our schools even stronger and better prepare our nation for what is emerging as a global war for talent and jobs. The Governor was asked to kick-off a national STEM Connector Town Hall Wednesday and earlier that day, he and former G-E CEO Jack Welch were asked to be the closing speakers for the The Wall Street Journal's annual conference, called Task Force for Women in the Economy.
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• Wilmington University’s Commitment to the MilitaryWilmington University has taken strides to help servicemen and women move from military life to educational life. From the Military Veterans Student Organization, to the annual "Operation Success" event designed to help veterans transition back into life at home, Wilmington University remains committed to military veterans.
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• Pegasus ArtWorksPegasus ArtWorks, the Arts Program of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware, enhances, builds and supports the arts programming in all 42 club sites throughout the state. Pegasus strives to inspire and enable young people to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, caring citizens and to prepare youth for successful adulthood through the arts www. pegasusdelaware.blogspot.com
  
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