Congratulations to the 2024 Excellence in Summer Service Award Winners!
Across our community this past summer, a special group of young people got a unique and exceptional experience in the world of work; they spent their summer working hard to make sure that thousands of children had safe places to go every day by serving as junior camp counselors and summer staff members at youth programs all around our city that are funded by the Summer Youth Program Fund (SYPF).
Through MCCOY’s Excellence in Summer Service Awards (ESSA) funded by SYPF, MCCOY gifted $1,000 awards to 25 outstanding youth workers. Youth worker submitted an application supported by their summer program leaders. These applications were reviewed by a committee which in turn selected 25 award recipients. The 2024 recipients represented high school students and college students that representing 22 different youth programs.
2024 Excellence in Summer Service Award Recipients
| Anye Watson | Horizons at St. Richard’s | |||||
| Cooper Elkins | Riley Youth Community Center | |||||
| Darryn Orr | Winning Experiences, Inc. | |||||
| Elijah Pathak | Felege Hiywot Center | |||||
| Ellie Thluai | Burmese American Community Institute | |||||
| Emma Gaston | Jackson Center for Conductive Education | |||||
| Gabriela Hernandez | Felege Hiywot Center | |||||
| Jack McGowan | The STEM Connection | |||||
| Josie Skinner | The STEM Connection | |||||
| Kaniya Daughtry | BRAVE Music Inc. | |||||
| LaKyi Herring – Jackson | TeenWorks | |||||
| Mackie Skinner | The STEM Connection | |||||
| Noah Lipscomb | Camptown | |||||
| Oghenetega Harte | Direct Employers Institute, STEM YES! Program | |||||
| Ololade Omopekun | DirectEmployers Institute | |||||
| Piper Hale | Felege Hiywot Center | |||||
| Samm Cherry | MCCOY | |||||
| Shelby Keely | Still Waters Adult Day Center | |||||
| Sidney Graham | Concord Neighborhood Center | |||||
| Sophia Lemus | Indianapolis Soap Box Derby | |||||
| TJ Bohannon | Freewheelin Bikes | |||||
| Tra’Shaun Jones | Bloom Project | |||||
| Van Sui Par | Burmese American Community Institute’s Upward College Summer Scholar Program | |||||