April 6, 2018 at 1:53 p.m.
ADDEM highlights
The day was open to all ADDEM peer leaders from Bishop Maginn, Christian Brothers Academy, and the Academy of the Holy Names, all in Albany; La Salle Institute and Catholic Central High School, both in Troy; Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons School in Schenectady; and Saratoga Central Catholic.
The conference was designed to help the youth volunteers see themselves as part of a bigger picture and "to promote community," explained Eileen Davenport, associate director of prevention services for ADDEM. "These kids have something in common."
Many of the activities required groups of students from the seven Catholic high schools to work together. The hope, Mrs. Davenport said, is that the ADDEM peer leaders will see the work they do as part of the larger picture -- that together they are having an impact on their own schools and on the elementary schools at which they volunteer.
"They need to support each other as ADDEM peer leaders," Mrs. Davenport said. "We want them to see the connection." (MM)
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