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Seated, left to right: Jeanne Charleston, Rhonda Allen, Eden Stotsky. Standing: Dennis Haslup, Mary W. Mullen, David R. Thomas, Willie R. Bell, Lori Hackett, Jean Pendleton, Charles N. (Chuck) Gallagher Not pictured: Christine M. Davitt

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About the Award Recipients
and their Community Service . . .

	Rhonda Allen
	Lead Parking Coordinator Corporate Security, Parking & Transportation Johns Hopkins Hospital
Community Service: For two years, Rhonda Allen has chaired the Share & Care Program, a project that provides Christmas gifts to hundreds of needy children in East Baltimore. Beginning in the fall, Rhonda and her staff develop the lists of children and sponsors. Then they shop, collect and wrap gifts. Finally, they stage the big, all-day holiday party for the children. Thanks to Rhonda's work, not to mention the generosity of employees and departments, the Share & Care Program has brought hope and happiness to more than 1,000 children and their families.

	Willie R. Bell
	Activity Specialist Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Johns Hopkins Hospital
Community Service: Mentor, tutor, and community project organizer Willie Bell has undertaken multiple volunteer roles in order to enrich the lives of young people in his neighborhood. He raises funds for cookouts, beach trips and sports activities. He plants trees and flowers, boards up dilapidated, abandoned row homes, and removes dangerous objects from the streets to keep the neighborhood safe. The quintessential role model, he has become someone children can look up to and learn from.

	Jeanne Charleston
	Research Associate Division of General Internal Medicine School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University
Community Service: As the volunteer director of Church CHAMP, an organization that conducts church-based, health promotion programs throughout the Baltimore area, Jeanne Charleston not only leads the group but also regularly conducts classes. Over the years, she has taught hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals about cardiovascular disease prevention. Jeanne also spearheaded Church CHAMP's popular Freedom Walk, an annual, three-mile community walk that promotes physical activity among urban African Americans.

	Lori N. Hackett
	Special Events Coordinator Dean's Office Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University
Community Service: The consummate community volunteer, Lori Hackett counts working at food banks, mentoring children at an East Baltimore school, and teaching reading skills to adults among her diverse service activities. Not even Johns Hopkins has escaped the reach of her volunteer work. Lori is a past president and current chair of the outreach committee of the JHU Black Faculty and Staff Association. Last fall for BFSA, she organized a back-to-school drive. The project resulted in 170 bags stuffed with school supplies, all donated to an East Baltimore elementary school.

	Jean K. Pendleton
	Retiree, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Community Service: Jean Pendleton spent over 28 years on the staff of The Johns Hopkins Program for Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, and now, even though she is retired, she continues to aid those battling addiction. She is the volunteer advisor to the Broadway Alumni Group, a group of patients who have successfully completed the substance abuse program but who want to stay involved. For six years Jean has served as an Officer on the Board of Directors for the Black Mental Health Alliance as well as having spent three years as a member of the State of Maryland's Criminal Justice & Substance Abuse Treatment Coalition.

	Eden R. Stotsky
	Health Education Program Coordinator Colon Cancer Center Department of Surgery School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University
Community Service: No one would have blamed Eden Stotsky if, following her own diagnosis of cancer six years ago, she had turned inward and spent time on herself. Instead, she did the opposite and became an outgoing advocate and role model for children and young adults with cancer. As a volunteer with the Greater Baltimore unit of the American Cancer Society (ACS), she is an event organizer, board member and fund-raiser. For the ACS Camp Sunrise, a summer camp for kids with cancer, and SunSibs, a weekend program for their siblings, she is a program planner and counselor. No wonder she won the organization's Youth Education Award.

	David R. Thomas
	Academic Program Coordinator School of Professional Studies in Business and Education Hopkins University
Community Service: Dedicated to combating domestic violence, David Thomas serves on numerous national boards, councils, committees and state organizations, including the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence. As a longtime board member and immediate past president of the Network, he has helped develop policies that guide law enforcement, the courts, corrections personnel and others in work related to domestic violence. David's volunteer efforts also have helped bring about legislation that has made communities safer for domestic violence victims and their children.


"The Tench Tilghman Team" Left image: Christine M. Davitt Education and Development Coordinator, Department of Pathology, Core and Specialty Laboratories Right image, left to right: Charles N. (Chuck ) Gallagher, Bio-Medical Electronics Technician II Dennis M. Haslup, Communication Supervisor, Johns Hopkins Lifeline Medical Transport Mary W. Mullen, Database Coordinator, Department of Physician Services Community Service: For three years this Johns Hopkins Hospital team has been committed to the BOND to BOND Career Development Youth Mentoring Program, a project that provides students at Tench Tilghman Elementary School with early exposure to career planning and the excitement of visiting and learning about Johns Hopkins. Working with the school's principal, community liaison and fourth grade teacher, the team, led by Mary Mullen, began by adopting one fourth grade class. They have now recruited enough volunteers to adopt all the fourth grade classes at the East Baltimore school.

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Updated February 2006 JHU Office of Faculty, Staff & Retiree Programs. Contact John Black @ jblack1@jhu.edu with questions or comments about this site.