Recognition « Fresh Lifelines for Youth

Fresh Lifelines For Youth Recognition

National:

2010 – FLY’s Executive Director, Christa Gannon, was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship for her work with the Juvenile Justice System
2010 – FLY’s Associate Director, Aila Malik, Receives the American Bar Association’s ‘Young Lawyer of the Year’ Award for her work at FLY.
2006 – FLY’s Executive Director, Christa Gannon, honored by Stanford Law School as the winner of its first National Alumni Public Service Award
2002 – FLY’s Law Program receives one of five national grant awards for best practices in law-related education by the National Law-Related Education Consortium
2002 – FLY’s Leadership Program receives one of five national grant awards for innovation by the National Law-Related Education Consortium

State:

2011- FLY’s Executive Director, Christa Gannon, receives the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for efforts to implement innovative and effective solutions to a critical state issue.
2002 – California Statewide Award – Honorable Mention

Local:

2010 – FLY Receives County of Santa Clara Human Relations Award
2010 - FLY’s Lead Mentor Program Case Manager, Joseph Herrity, receives San Jose Job Corps, Youth Service Award
2010 - FLY’s Leadership Case Manager, Jeff Bautista, receives San Jose Job Corps, Youth Service Award
2010 - FLY’s Law Volunteer Mitesh Patel, receives Project Cornerstones, Adult Role Model Award
2010 - FLY’s Law Program Manager, Alana Hawkins, receives Junior League of San Jose, Volunteer Service Award
2009 – FLY’s Executive Director Christa Gannon receives the Jefferson Award for Public Service
2009 - FLY’s Board Member, Carol Dressler, receives the San Jose Junior League’s Volunteer Service Award
2008 - FLY’s Mentor Program Manager, David Cattivera, receives San Jose Job Corps, Youth Service Award
2008 - FLY’s Board Member Stefan Zier, receives the San Jose Junior League’s Volunteer Service Award
2008 – FLY Receives Volunteer Center of San Mateo and San Francisco, Excellence in Volunteer Management
2007 – FLY Receives Stanford University, Community Partner Award
2007 - FLY’s Leadership Program Manager, Abe Menor, receives San Jose Job Corps, Youth Service Award
2004 – FLY Receives Santa Clara County School Boards Association Glenn W. Hoffman Exemplary Award for FLY’s Middle School Program
2003 – FLY’s Executive Director, Christa Gannon, receives Santa Clara Law School Christa Gannon named Bay Area Woman of Distinction for mentoring law students
2003 – FLY’s Executive Director, Christa Gannon, receives Legal Advocates for Children and Youth FLY director received Youth Advocate of the Year Award
2001 – FLY Receives City of San Jose’s first-ever Human Rights Award

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Testimonials

“FLY is a program that everyone in the justice field, judges, lawyers, probation officers, and clients has confidence in, depends on, and trusts.” (John Dahl, Retired Probation Manager)

“FLY helps kids not slip off the end of the page. You catch that gleam in a kid’s eye, FLY gets a hold of that for the first time, it treats the youth as someone different, that they are special, and they run with it, they feel significant.” (Sean Rooney, Probation)

“FLY staff are committed, smart, talented and respected individuals who are focused on making our community better for youth. You don’t bring people down, you don’t look at the negative but at how you are going to solve it in the positive.” (Patricia Gardner, Silicon Valley Council of Nonprofits)

“This is the best program I’ve ever been too because it helps us understand instead of putting us down. It’s not punishment it’s learning. You get a second chance to understand what you did was wrong. “ ( FLY Youth)

“When some friends asked me to hang out I say no because I know they are going to do stuff that’s illegal.” (FLY Youth)

“Last week I watched my friend steal. After being in FLY, I told him what could happen, he went back into the store and put it back” (FLY Youth)

“At FLY I have learned that one person can make a difference in my life, so I can make a difference in someone’s to help the chain continue.” (FLY Youth)

“Having a mentor changed my life, now I ditched my bad influencing friends to hang out with my mentor.” (FLY Youth)

“The program has and continues to have a tremendous impact on my life. It has allowed me to get in touch with the views and feelings of youth in today’s society. I have gained insight into what type of problems they have and the tremendous pressures they are confronted with in trying to survive and adapt to such an environment. This experience has not only made me a more complete person, it will also allow me to be become a better and more understanding attorney.”—Volunteer

“FLY is a program that works and is worth investing in and expanding. The purpose of the juvenile justice system is accountability and rehabilitation. FLY helps provide both in a way that is accepted by our youth.” (Former Juvenile Court Judge Eugene M. Hyman)

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