Trauma Awareness Month
May 2024
Action to Impact: The Journey of Hope Continues
Join us in discussing Delaware’s trauma landscape, past and present, and support our state’s efforts along the trauma continuum.
2021 Compassionate Champion Award Recipients
Education
- Sarah Pyle Academy
First Responder
- New Castle County Division of Police, Hero Help Behavioral Health Unit
Healthcare
- ChristianaCare, special recognition to Dr. Stacey Boyer, PsyD and Megan O’Hara, LCSW
Community Organization
- Children & Families First Trauma Response Team
Government
- Erin Connelly, Victim Services Coordinator, Delaware Department of Correction
Runners Up
Due to the extraordinary nominees this year in the education and first responder categories, we are proud to recognize the Compassionate Champion Award First Runners Up:
- Education 1st Runner Up: The Bancroft School
- Education 1st Runner Up: Evan G. Shortlidge Academy
- First Responder 1st Runner Up: Melissa Pennachi, Newark Police Department
The First Chance Foundation Honorees (with their affiliations at the time):
Debra Berke
Wilmington University
Leslie Brower and Aileen Fink
Trauma Matters Delaware
Paul DiLorenzo
Casey Family Programs
Dorrell Green
Superintendent, Red Clay Consolidated School District
Eliza Hirst
Office of the Child Advocate/Compassionate Schools Learning Collaborative
Rita Landgraf
University of Delaware
Teri Lawler
Delaware Department of Education/Compassionate Schools Learning Collaborative
Jackie Mette
Office of the Governor/Compassionate Schools Learning Collaborative
Malik Muhammad
Polytech High School
Leslie Newman and Kirsten Olson
Children and Families First
Lee Pachter
Nemours Children’s Health System
Stanton Middle School
(Student Support Team)
Deborah Stevens
DSEA/Compassionate Schools Learning Collaborative and Compassionate Connections Partnership
Meghan Wallace
Family Services Cabinet Council
Jim Walsh
GIFT
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