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| The Staff of Meadow Lakes Meadow Lakes staff are long-serving, creative, capable and thoughtful people who make life at Meadow Lakes a total pleasure for residents. There are about 300 staff in 19 departments including Health Care, Grounds, Maintenance, Housekeeping, Security, Fitness, Administration and more. | |
| Education Award Program Employees who have worked here for at least one full year are eligible to apply to the Forum Education Award committee for tuition assistance. To qualify, applicants must have excellent academic qualifications and an outstanding work ethic, and must be recommended by their Meadow Lakes supervisor. The annual Education Award ceremony for academic year 2011-'12 for employees who have qualified for a tuition grant was held in the Meadow Lakes Auditorium on July 29, 2011. To continue to qualify, once they have received an initial award, employees return to work at Meadow Lakes during summer and other vacation periods. Details of the Education Award program, which is funded by the Meadow Lakes residents, can be found on the Committee page. Following are the names of the students who have been honored for the 2011-'12 academic year: First Year: Carlos Alfonso, MCCC; Vanessa Bello, MCCC; Johanna Cando, MCCC; Andres Escheverry, MCCC; Michelle Grote, St. John's Univ; Danny Guadalupe, MCCC; Kelly Guzman, MCCC; Bryan Rozo, West Virginia State Univ; Mario Sanchez, MCCC; Kimberly Stout, MCCC; Kimberly Sandoval, Quinnipiac Univ.
Returning students: Caitlyn Alexander, High Point Univ., NC; Amrit Braich, MCCC*; Juan Cobos, MCCC; Eryn Clark, Rutgers (MSW); Matthew Frey, MCCC; Kimberly Grasso, Gentle Healing School of Massage; Jamie Hague, MCCC; Craig Healy,The College of NJ; Janice Hudgins, Middlesex Co. Vocational/Technical School; Brittany Kirton, St. John's Univ.; Emily Ladd, Towson University; Erwin Mazariegos, MCCC; Kristina McLean, Delaware Valley College; Connor Montferrat, Rutgers**; Ryan McEvenie, MCCC; Sean McEvenie, American Univ.; Paige Nelson, Smith College; Felicia Papendick, MCCC; Reena Parikh, Nova Southeastern Univ.; Michelle Romano, Hamilton College; Rosael Sanchez, MCCC; Mikaela Saunders, Westchester University of PA; Lindsey Schulman, University of Connecticut; John Sobkowiak, MCCC; Kevin Sobkowiak, West Chester University of PA; Kelly Stout, Kean Univ. *Mercer County Community College ** Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey Surprise Reunion On Tuesday, May 10, 2011, Meadow Lakes Director of Assisted Living, Jessica Macklin, was completely surprised to be reunited with her fiance, US Air Force Technical Sergeant Davion Roberts at a Meadow Lakes Forum meeting. Jay Zimmer, Executive Director, invited Sergeant Roberts who was returning from a tour of duty in the middle east, to attend the evening meeting where he appeared from backstage to surprise Jessica. The happy couple, photographed below with Jay Zimmer, were nearly speechless with the excitement. | | Shackleton Award Executive director, Jay Zimmer, developed an award that is given to those staff and residents who perform in an exemplary manner and beyond expectations. It is called the Shackleton Award, and is meant to reflect the work done by the Shackleton Exploration Team in the Antarctic where they suffered incredible hardship. The Award is given to those whose outstanding efforts have made a difference in all of our lives. Among those who have received the award are: Rosa Coelho, Ron Cordes, Joe Greipp, Maggie Grupper, Amanda Hammett, Chris Harman, Dawn Hotchkin, Jessica Macklin, Loris Murdoch-Johnson, Linda Rizzo, and more . . .
Long Service Awards On November 16, 2011, 41 staff members from across the community received long-service awards. Their names and length of service are listed below: 35 Years Jerry Bruce 30 Years Lynda Hagens 25 Years Bonny McCullough 20 Years Audrey Mack Laynie Dessources 15 Years Ketty charles Lourdie Andre Ola booth Ligia Restrepo Michael Magee Marie Masse Hakim Gunnell Gartee Samah 10 Years Marie Dossous Rodrigue Thadal Joseph Dipierro Sonia Marcos Maximo Morales Charles Airel Felicia Papendick Wendy Josephson 5 Years Princess Terry Duvy Henry Pomone Pierre-Louis Joseph Fleming Daniel Suco Rosa Guzhnay Yvonne Lopez William Land Eric Pressley Fausto Ordonez Damielle Greenberg Matthew Frey Mario Sanchez Sean McEvenie Kevin Sobkowiak Steve Lebron Chaneta Taylor Jessica Macklin Retirees Emily Schiller 41 years Barry Buvel 26 years | |
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