2005
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2005 Citizens Bank and New England Cable News selected PYD as a Champion in Action. This prestigious honor comes with $25,000
in unrestricted funding and publicity from NECN.
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The Boston Foundation and the Boston After-School for All Partnership awarded PYD its Best Practices Award
in Teen Programming in the Category of "Caring Adults."
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2004
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Longtime PYD supporter, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, nominated Access to Theatre for the 2004 Coming Up Taller Award by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. ATT was selected as a semifinalist along with 49 other programs that were selected to receive this distinction as top arts and humanities based programs in the country serving youth. A Certificate of Excellence will be awarded and PYD has been invited to participate in the Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference in August 2004.
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PYD Peer Leader and Mentor, Sarah MacIssac, was selected to receive the Five Promises Scholarship from America's Promise—The Alliance for Youth along with six other young leaders from throughout the country in recognition of her leadership in PYD and as a mentor as well as for her work advocating for access in her community. America's Promise, whose founding chairman was General Colin Powell, was founded by all of the living presidents at the Summit for America's Future in Philadelphia in 1997.
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2003
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PYD mentor Leonardine Pacombe receives the "Thousand Points of Light Award" from Governor Mitt Romney at the State House on October 28, 2003 for her exemplary service mentoring youth with disabilities.
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2002
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Noah Parsons, Peer Leader and Making Healthy Connections Springfield participant, awarded National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Spirit award for "Noah's Fresh Produce" business upon recommendation of Young Entrepreneurs Project
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2001
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PYD Mentor Match Program awarded Grand Prize by the National Organization on Disability (NOD) for the NOD/United Parcel Service Community Service Awards
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Executive Director Regina Snowden selected for the "Clara Barton Award" from the American Red Cross for her longstanding commitment to the community in the spirit of Clara Barton, Founder of the American Red Cross
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Brad Parmenter honored with Speakers Bureau Pillar of Support award from the United Way for presenting to agencies about contributing to the United Way
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Young Entrepreneurs Project alumnus, Maryann Gallagher, selected for National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurial Spirit award for her business, "Maryann's Beauty Supplies"
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Young Entrepreneurs Project teacher, Ramona Foster, named a "Teacher of the Year" by the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
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2000
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PYD mentee, Milagro Rivera, received Entrepreneurial Spirit award from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship for her business, Milagro's Variety Store
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Oswald Mondejar, Young Entrepreneurs Project teacher and PYD mentor, selected as a "Teacher of the Year" by the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship and featured on a Channel 5 News A+ segment for extraordinary educators
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1999
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Young Entrepreneurs Project teacher, Leonardine Pacombe, becomes second YEP staff member to receive a "Teacher of the Year" prize from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
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"Best of Child and Youth Care" awarded to Assistant Director Maureen Gallagher from the New England Network for Child, Youth and Family Services
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Executive Director Regina Snowden honored for her contributions to the Boston Public Schools' School-to-Career Program/Project Strive
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Massachusetts Department of Public Health Award given to Making Healthy Connections
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Peer Leadership Program awarded United Way Group Gold Champion of Change prize
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1998
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Young Entrepreneurs Project Director, Shirley Dopson, received the first of PYD's Teacher of the Year awards from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
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PYD selected as a runner up for the Award for Excellence in Children's Health given by the Harvard School of Public Health, Children's Hospital and the City of Boston
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1998
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PYD mentee and Young Entrepreneurs Project alumnus, Chris Dunne, honored with Entrepreneurial Spirit award from the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship for his business design, "The Soda and Snack Stop"
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