Valley United Way Youth Leadership 2008

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Twenty-two students from eight area high schools have been selected to participate in this year's Youth Leadership Program at Valley United Way. A welcoming reception for the students and their parents was held at Valley United Way on April 7. The students began their year of activities with a weekend team building retreat at Camp Jewell in Colebrook on April 11-13. Click here for their personal stories from the weekend.

Pat Tarasovic, Director of United Way's Volunteer Center, oversees the program along with her adult advisory committee consisting of Dave Grant, Jr., Melissa Pucci, Pat DiCaprio, Allison Shortell, and Pam Mautte.

2008-2009 Youth Leadership
First	Last	School	Status
Jamie	Bukowski	Sacred heart	Sophomore
Rose	Cersonsky	Sacred Heart	Sophomore
Angelo	DiSorbo	Derby High	Sophomore
Penny	Efthymiou	Ansonia High	Junior
Arianne	Elmy	Chase Collegiate	Sophomore
Colleen	Garman	Seymour High	Junior
Stephanie	Gavilanez	Derby High	Junior
Timothy	Geer	Derby High	Junior
Lynette	Germaine	Emmett O'Brien	Junior
Jay	Ghassemzadeh	Shelton High	Junior
Joshua	Hahn	Derby High	Freshman
Colleen	Holt	Derby High	Sophomore
Ewa	Januszkiewicz	Ansonia High	Junior
Kevin	Jones	Emmett O'Brien	Junior
Angela	Khan	Ansonia High	Sophomore
Joseph	Morrow	Derby High	Junior
Sarah	Parkins	Sacred Heart	Freshman
Mark	Plavnciky	Ansonia High	Sophomore
Bradley	Soltau	Shelton High	Freshman
Parvati	Vaish	Shelton High	Junior
Courtney	Winger	Shelton High	Junior
Hanna	Zibluk	Oxford High	Freshman

The Youth Leadership Program is made possible through the generous support of the Raymond P. Lavietes Foundation which provides core funding.

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The Class of 2008!