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| Welcome to the County Connection Newsletter! Each month, we will be publishing a newsletter with pertinent information for the local units of Palm Beach County. This information will be brought to you by difference board members of the County Council PTA/PTSA. In addition, we will also have some "community columnists". These community columnists will be providing you with information about different things that may affect you, your children, your school, and/or your community. When we publish our newsletter each month, the "hard copy" that will be distributed to each local unit will be a synopsis of the full newsletter that you will see here on our web site. You can review the biographies of the community columnists here as well. Please be sure to share the newsletter with the members at your schools, and let them know that they can check this site as well! If you have any questions/comments/suggestions, please email them to us at palmbeachcountypta@yahoo.com. |
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| Our Community Columnists: John C. Sherman- Program Coordinator Children's Home Society Eric Gehring- Education Director Arthur R. Marshall Foundation Jack Levine- Founder – 4Generations Institute, President – Advocacy Resources |
| John C. Sherman coordinates Street Outreach and Project Safe Place for Children’s Home Society of Florida. He is known for his relentless desire for finding innovative ways to prevent runaway and homeless youth. John is a certified by NRCYS as a Residential Child & Youth Care Professional trainer. He is also certified by CBC to train the trainer in “Fostering Transitions- Paving the Way to Interdependency for Foster Care Youth.” He taught delinquent youth “Thinking for a Change” a highly respected cognitive behavioral curriculum. John taught parents of troubled teens “Strengthening Families” and “Parent Project”. He has counseled hundreds of children and parents over the past 7 years. His diverse background serving youth and families began in 2000 as a volunteer mentor at a residential juvenile facility in Broward County Florida. This led to his being asked to help launch the nations’ first faith and community based juvenile delinquency program for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. During the course of the 5-year pilot program, he recruited and trained over 215 volunteers including mentors, tutors, and volunteer chaplains. Prior to his work in the non- profit arena, John was a successful director in the communications industry. He earned his Bachelor’s in Business Administration in 1993 from Fort Lauderdale College, where he graduated summa cum laude. |
Jack Levine, founder
of 4Generations
Institute, is a
communications and
public policy
consultant. He
previously
served as President
of Voices for Florida’
s Children for 25-
years. Jack’s
expertise is in
developing and
delivering
messages to the
media, public
officials, and a
diverse network
of advocates on the
value of preventive
investments in
children, parent
leadership,
grandparent
activism, and
dignified services for
elders.
Through public
speaking, seminar
and workshop
leadership,
and an array of
community advocacy
events, Jack shares
information,
provides inspiration,
and leverages
advocate
enthusiasm in the
direction of public
policy action.
Jack serves as
Partnership Director
for GRAND
Magazine, a
national publication
reaching out to the
some 77-million
Baby
Boomers in their
active and energetic
grandparenting years.
Jack holds a Master’s
degree in Child
Development and
Family Studies from
Purdue University,
and a degree in
English Literature
from Hunter College,
City University of
New York.
Jack served on the
charter board of
Voices for America’s
Children, teaches
political science at
Florida State
University
and advises the
University of Florida’
s College of Law.
Jack
was a founding
member of the
Florida Commission
on
Responsible
Fatherhood. In his
spare time Jack is an
avid
photographer and
serves as a gourmet
cook for friends.
A native of Long
Beach, New York,
Jack has been a
teacher
and urban youth
counselor, and for
four years, worked as
a
waiter and dining
room captain in
resort hotels in New
York
and Miami Beach.
A graduate of
Leadership Florida,
Jack was the first
recipient
of Leadership
Florida’s
Distinguished
Alumnus Award. He
has
been honored with
the Florida Juvenile
Judges’ Media Award,
the Voice for
Children Award from
the Children’s Home
Society of Florida,
and was named
Floridian of the Year
by
The Orlando
Sentinel. Jack and his
wife, Charlotte, have
two
sons - Aaron and
Josh, both graduates
of Florida State
University and
currently working as
educators.
of 4Generations
Institute, is a
communications and
public policy
consultant. He
previously
served as President
of Voices for Florida’
s Children for 25-
years. Jack’s
expertise is in
developing and
delivering
messages to the
media, public
officials, and a
diverse network
of advocates on the
value of preventive
investments in
children, parent
leadership,
grandparent
activism, and
dignified services for
elders.
Through public
speaking, seminar
and workshop
leadership,
and an array of
community advocacy
events, Jack shares
information,
provides inspiration,
and leverages
advocate
enthusiasm in the
direction of public
policy action.
Jack serves as
Partnership Director
for GRAND
Magazine, a
national publication
reaching out to the
some 77-million
Baby
Boomers in their
active and energetic
grandparenting years.
Jack holds a Master’s
degree in Child
Development and
Family Studies from
Purdue University,
and a degree in
English Literature
from Hunter College,
City University of
New York.
Jack served on the
charter board of
Voices for America’s
Children, teaches
political science at
Florida State
University
and advises the
University of Florida’
s College of Law.
Jack
was a founding
member of the
Florida Commission
on
Responsible
Fatherhood. In his
spare time Jack is an
avid
photographer and
serves as a gourmet
cook for friends.
A native of Long
Beach, New York,
Jack has been a
teacher
and urban youth
counselor, and for
four years, worked as
a
waiter and dining
room captain in
resort hotels in New
York
and Miami Beach.
A graduate of
Leadership Florida,
Jack was the first
recipient
of Leadership
Florida’s
Distinguished
Alumnus Award. He
has
been honored with
the Florida Juvenile
Judges’ Media Award,
the Voice for
Children Award from
the Children’s Home
Society of Florida,
and was named
Floridian of the Year
by
The Orlando
Sentinel. Jack and his
wife, Charlotte, have
two
sons - Aaron and
Josh, both graduates
of Florida State
University and
currently working as
educators.
Eric Gehring joined
the Arthur R.
Marshall Foundation
in July 2007 and has
greatly expanded
both the reach and
scope of the popular
Ambassadors of the
Everglades school-
year curriculum and
Wetlands: Weird,
Wild & Wonderful,
the Foundation’s
summer program. In
addition, he’s created
numerous customized
educational sessions
for teachers and
community groups,
and co-led and
workshop designed
to help local
educators bring the
Everglades to their
classrooms.
the Arthur R.
Marshall Foundation
in July 2007 and has
greatly expanded
both the reach and
scope of the popular
Ambassadors of the
Everglades school-
year curriculum and
Wetlands: Weird,
Wild & Wonderful,
the Foundation’s
summer program. In
addition, he’s created
numerous customized
educational sessions
for teachers and
community groups,
and co-led and
workshop designed
to help local
educators bring the
Everglades to their
classrooms.
