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Caroline County Remember, no brand names should be we can say it helped us and gave us a
used in your poster! stronger program. We saw, this year, the
Family YMCA highest number of mentors we’ve had in
All posters should meet the minimum
46 Denton Plaza, Denton standards: the past three years as well as new and
different services within our program
• Paper size: 8 1/2 by 11 inches that significantly added to the mentor-

EVENTS
minimum and 11 by 17 inches mentee relationships and, in some cases,

Thursday, June 4 maximum. the mentee-parent relationships. One

Graduation Celebration Caravan • Posters must be created by hand of those services we offered were online
trainings to our mentors to ensure they
CRHS Parking Lot / Depart at Noon (paint, crayon, pen etc.).
had the necessary tools to provide a
• No computer generated
Join us to honor our Colonel quality service based on trust.
submissions will be considered
Richardson High School Seniors
(including clip art). In November 2019, the YMCA Caroline
with a caravan around Federalsburg
Mentoring Project received a nomination
and Preston. For more information, • Text may be included, but it must
for Mentor Program of the Year 2019 and
email at carolineymcamentoring@ be clear and readable. Check
Mr. Tony Gianninotto, former program
ymcachesapeake.org your spelling!
coordinator (2011-2017), was one of the
Friday, June 5 • Do not use glitter. top five finalist for Mentor of the Year
Graduation Celebration Caravan • The use of celebrities, cartoons, 2019 as part of the Maryland United 4

YMCA Parking Lot / Depart 11 AM video game characters or movie/ Youth Conference.
TV characters is not allowed. We were also blessed to be able to create
Join us to honor our North Caroline

High School Seniors with a caravan • The name and grade of the artist numerous partnerships and collaborations
around Denton, Ridgely, Greensboro, must be printed neatly on the with approximately 20 different
Henderon and Marydel. For more infor- back of the poster. organizations and local businesses. A few
mation, email at carolineymcamentor- • Do not sign the front of the of those being: Maryland Mentor, CASA
ing@ymcachesapeake.org. poster. of Caroline, Caroline Agape Project,
Patti’s Petals Florist, Nich’s Coff ee Shop,
Monday, June 8 • Only one entry per youth will be Caroline County Public Library, and
Maryland Food Bank Food Drive accepted. Caroline County Public Schools.
YMCA Parking Lot / 8 AM - 4 PM Deadline During this pandemic, the Caroline
Poster pictures should be submitted by County Family YMCA was forced to
Caroline County Family YMCA Monday June 1. close its doors by order of the Governor,
Tobacco Prevention Awareness but thanks to partnerships with Cricket
S e nd p i c t ur es b y ema i l to
Poster Contest Together and ICouldBe, the YMCA
ca r o line y mca m en to rin g @
Caroline Mentoring Project was able to
The Caroline County Family YMCA ymcachesapeake.org
continue offering our services virtually

is calling on all young people in our
Prizes allowing us to maintain contact between
community to join in raising awareness
Prizes will be given for each age category. mentors and mentees through educational
of the dangers of smoking/tobacco
Age categories are as follows: digital platforms.
products. Three winning posters will
be chosen to be used as part of the • 5-8 years old As the current program coordinator,
activities during the Caroline County • 9-13 years old I would like to thank the heart of this
Family YMCA Tobacco Prevention program; our mentors. People who off er
• 14-18 years old
Week between June 8-12. their time and talents to change lives

Letter from Program Coordinator forever. The success of this program will
Poster Criteria:
always be because of your great work,
Students will create an original poster Hi All, effort, dedication, and passion. I cannot

reflecting why we shouldn’t use tobacco

The 2019-2020 school year was one of find the words to describe how grateful I
products. Students can also creatively

challenges, growth, and achievement. am for each of you. The world needs more
express why the use of nicotine
During the year 2019-2020, the YMCA people like you.
products (cigarettes, cigarillos, chewing
Caroline Mentoring Project faced
tobacco, pipes etc.) is just as harmful 2019-2020 was undoubtedly a year of
challenges that undoubtedly helped us
to the body. The poster should have changes and challenges for our program,
grow. Recruitment, services, quality, and
a positive message, as well as include but we look to 2020-2021 to be the year of
training were some of those challenges we
ways that smoking impacts a youth’s life. evolution. We look at next year to be the
had to overcome and we feel that today year we take our program to another level.
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