Lesley Nearman Awards
2010 Award Winners
One of the 2010 Lesley Nearman Awards will be given this year to Konstance McCafree, Ph.D., an AASECT and NCFR certified sexuality educator and thirty-year veteran of public school teaching, is the senior program consultant, field instruction coordinator, and an adjunct professor in Widener University’s Center for Education, Program in Human Sexuality. Dr. McCaffree conducts workshops in the United States and internationally for educators and health professionals. She has developed and/or coauthored numerous sex ed curricula, including Be Proud! Be Responsible!, Making Proud Choices, and Making a Difference.
The second Lesley Nearman Award will be given this year in Honor of Miss Katie Flick. Katie was a Glendale Highschool student who older sister became pregnant when she was 16 and in high school. Her sister’s pregnancy affected Katie’s life in a significant way and Katie felt very strongly about the topic. In an effort to raise money for support and education to prevent teenage pregnancy, Katie held a spring formal at Glendale Jr.-Sr. High School last April with all proceeds being donated to the Pennsylvania Coalition to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (PCPTP). Katie raised $200 and took the initial steps for those funds to be distributed the last week of May. On the evening of June 2, 2009, Katie was involved in an ATV accident where she sustained serious injuries. Katie passed away that evening and was laid to rest later that week leaving her family, friends and community devastated.
*Nominations are still being accepted.
About Lesley Nearman
On Friday, September 21, 2001, the Pennsylvania Coalition to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (PCPTP) experienced a great loss. The day after the board’s September meeting, board member Lesley Nearman and her husband were killed in an automobile accident. Lesley and her family were traveling on vacation combined with a conference her husband was to attend. Their two children were also in the car; both escaped serious injury. Lesley worked for the Family Health Council of Central Pennsylvania for several years, and while there, was instrumental in helping the coalition before it was able to hire paid staff. In Lesley’s honor, the coalition distributes the Lesley Nearman awards annually at the conference.
Mission of the PCPTP
To provide statewide leadership on the issue of adolescent pregnancy prevention through advocacy, education, and support for community efforts.
Purpose
The PCPTP wishes to recognize, on an annual basis, outstanding effort that works to further our mission. Each year, one award will be presented to an individual, one to a community-based group, and one to a statewide or national organization, and one to an adolescent or an organized group of adolescents.
Criteria
Nominees for this award must work to further the stated mission of the PCPTP, and additionally must agree with each of the position statements adopted by the Board of Directors of the PCPTP (copies available upon request). Nominees for the individual, community-based group, and adolescent awards must conduct their professional work within the state of Pennsylvania.
Process
An individual or organization working on the issue of adolescent pregnancy prevention may submit nominations to PCPTP. Awards will be distributed during the annual PCPTP and Penn State Conference on Teen Pregnancy Prevention held each fall. All nominations are due by March 1 for the awards to be distributed that calendar year.
Nominations received after March 1 will be considered for the following calendar year. A committee appointed by the PCPTP Board of Directors will decide upon the award winners.
