Last updated by Grant Winner on Mon, 08/13/2007 - 11:09.
This program is a nationwide support network for college students with a sick or diseased parent. The network helps these students maintain psychological, spiritual, social and academic performance through peer support, community service and mentoring. David wants to expand this program to more colleges in his area.
Last updated by Grant Winner on Mon, 07/30/2007 - 10:36.
Cameron wants to add video game equipment to a local center for terminally ill children. This equipment will engage these sick children and will encourage them to solve problems and enjoy the energy involved. The previous game system was stolen from this center, so part of Cameron’s project is to build a secure area to house the equipment.
Last updated by BRICK Winner on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 14:12.
Hailing from Kearney, NE, Brandon Fletcher won a BRICK Award in 2004 for his work promoting awareness of mental health challenges. Diagnosed with learning disabilities, Brandon founded Youth Encouraging Support (Y.E.S.) to support kids with mental health challenges and shatter the stereotypes and stigma associated with mental illness.
Last updated by BRICK Winner on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 13:51.
Joshua Muller won a 2004 BRICK Award for his work with Donate Organs Adolescents and Grownups (D.O.A.G.). After his brother, who was an organ donor, died in a car accident, Joshua was inspired to educate his Indiana community about the importance of organ donation.
Last updated by BRICK Winner on Thu, 07/26/2007 - 13:23.
2000 BRICK Award winner Heather Barr worked as a Staff Attorney at the Urban Justice Center in New York City. A formerly homeless teen, Heather wrote a definitive report on the incarceration of people with mental illness, filed a successful lawsuit to compel New York City to provide discharge planning for 30,000 inmates with mental illness each year. She also co-founded the Nathaniel Project, the nation’s first alternative to incarceration program for felony offenders with serious mental illness.
Last updated by BRICK Winner on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 15:24.
Rebecca Onie founded Project Health in Cambridge, MA. Rebecca has implemented 15 local initiatives to ensure that every child in her community grows up healthy. She created a family help desk at Boston City Hospital to connect more than 600 families each year to local health services, child care and job training. Rebecca won a BRICK Award in 1999.
Last updated by BRICK Winner on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 14:37.
Lorig Charkoudian won a 1997 BRICK Award for establishing and directing the Community Mediation Program in Baltimore, MD. The Community Mediation Program trains volunteer mediators to resolve conflicts.
