FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       CONTACT: STEPHEN J. MENCHINI

TIME MAGAZINE CHOSES ADELPHI ACADEMY’S DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY & EXTERNAL RELATIONS TO HIGHLIGHT ARTICLE ON THE NEED FOR A NEW NATIONAL COMMITTMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.

STEPHEN J. MENCHINI OF ADELPHI ACADEMY JOINED TEN OTHER INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING THE ARMED FORCES, LOCAL CIVIL SERVICE WORKERS AS WELL AS OTHER VOLUNTARY GROUPS AND CITIZEN GROUPS FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY WHO WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER WORK.  MR. MENCHINI, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY & EXTERNAL RELATIONS AT ADELPHI ACADEMY WAS HONORED FOR HIS LITERACY EFFORTS FOR AT RISK YOUTH.  WITH THE HELP OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MR. MENCHINI COLLECTS THOUSANDS OF NEW BOOKS EACH YEAR TO PROVIDE NEEDY FAMILIES WITH GOOD READING MATERIAL FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

WITH THE HELP OF SCHOLASTIC PUBLICATIONS AND CARING PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, MR. MENCHINI COLLECTS OVER 15,000 BOOKS EACH YEAR TO HELP ENCOURAGE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE TO READ.  SINCE 1998 HE HAS LED THIS EFFORT.

IN ADDITION TO THIS EFFORT, MR. MENCHINI HEADS A PROGRAM  BRINGING LAPTOP COMPUTERS, ARTS AND CRAFTS MATERIALS, EDUCATIONAL SUPPLIES AND TOYS TO HELP THE STUDENTS AT SCHOOL 20 IN ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIA.  THIS SCHOOL SERVES DEAF CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF LIMITED HEARING.  MR. MENCHINI MAKES ONE TO TWO VISTS EACH YEAR TO THE SCHOOL, BRINGING AS MUCH MATERIALS AND GIFTS AS POSSIBLE TO HELP THE CHILDREN.  SUPPORT FOR THIS EFFORT COMES PRIMARILY FROM HIS OWN RESOURCES AND FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHO GIVE UP THEIR CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY GIFT EXCHANGE TO HELP THESE CHILDREN.  IN 2008 THIS EFFORT WILL EXPAND TO HELP TWO SCHOOLS SERVING DEAF CHILDREN IN ALBANIA.

ALBERT C. CORHAN, CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMY, PRAISED MENCHINI FOR HIS WORK, BUT ADDED PROPERLY, “THAT ALL MIGHT NOT HAVE HIS TIME AND COMMITMENT, BUT EVERYONE SHOULD SEIZE HIS EXAMPLE, AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BUILDING A BRIDGE TO THEIR NEIGHBOR IN NEED – NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE.”  TODD W. MARSH, DEAN OF ACADEMICS AT ADELPHI INDICATED “WE AT ADELPHI HAVE A PHILOSPHY AND A COMMITMENT TO SERVICE THAT IS BEST EXEMPLIFIED BY OUR STUDENTS, OUR CURRICULUM, OUR HISTORY, AND THE DAILY PRACTICE AND EXAMPLE OF OUR FACULTY AND STAFF.”

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