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and participants give students an all Rochester City School District
opportunity to develop positive students. And it’s working to earn
relationships between each other additional grant support from
and with their trainers. Guided by non-governmental organizations.
trainers, youths agree with their
teammates on shared goals, and Sustaining CHAMPP’s growth
learn how to define success and will put its creators closer to a
track performance. More recently, goal they wouldn’t even have
community businesses have set three years ago, but that
offered their time and expertise now seems very possible: seeing
Deziree Garrick, first CHAMPP grad to to CHAMPP participants, to great its graduates finish college
enroll at University of Rochester. effect. In February, Canandaigua and return to CHAMPP—as
National Bank hosted a virtual instructors.
Listening to client needs is class on finance geared to “The prospect of this program
crucial to success. “You have to young adults. The session was thriving long enough to see
meet these kids where they are,” well attended and generated former participants get their
Apt said. “It was very eye-opening enthusiastic questioning by degrees and enable them to come
to me; some of these kids coming students; CNB will offer a second back and work in a program they
to CHAMPP had not eaten since session in May on the importance helped initiate will be even more
breakfast two days earlier. Or of investing. “By offering financial fulfilling than watching them
they missed a session because wellness education to high graduate from that very first
they had a family responsibility; schoolers, we’re setting them CHAMPP class,” Cole said.
they have a lot more on their up to be successful adults,” said
shoulders than many high school Sam Guerreri, Executive Vice “It will mean we have come full
kids do.” President at CNB and Chair circle.”
When you have a hurdle, jump of the Orthopaedic Advisory
it—even one as tall as COVID. Council (see p. 21). “I found it very
“We were the first program to rewarding to see the kids engaged CHAMPP Stats
allow in-person meetings to and participating in the program.” Since 2018:
resume at East after the schools Community partnerships and
closed, and the COVID protocols support are vital. Generous 7 sessions
we put in place to screen students funding from the William & Sheila
and keep them masked and Konar Foundation provided 7 10-week CHAMPP
sessions completed
socially distanced during training essential start-up funding for
have supported safety,” Cole said. CHAMPP. “It’s been so rewarding 2 programs
“We have not had one COVID case to support such an important
since we’ve conducted in-person program and see it continue 2 lunch-and-learn
sessions in December 2020. We to grow,” said Howard Konar, multi-week programs
established a protocol for COVID Trustee, William & Sheila Konar
that East High School used Foundation. “CHAMPP gives 69 graduates
when it re-convened in-person these students the tools to be CHAMPP participants who
activities.” successful not only in athletics, have graduated high school
Life skills instruction adds but in life.” The program is now 1 UR admit
value. CHAMPP sessions have a exploring opportunities with the A CHAMPP graduate has been
mentoring component: lunch-and- City of Rochester to scale up the admitted to the University of
learn sessions between trainers program to make it available to Rochester for fall 2021
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