ReServe » Hynes http://reserveinc.org/blog Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:47:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ‘Feel Good’ Assignment Ends With Good Feeling and 31 Extraordinary Women http://reserveinc.org/blog/2009/04/23/%e2%80%98feel-good%e2%80%99-assignment-ends-with-good-feeling-and-31-extraordinary-women/ http://reserveinc.org/blog/2009/04/23/%e2%80%98feel-good%e2%80%99-assignment-ends-with-good-feeling-and-31-extraordinary-women/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:55:08 +0000 reserveinc http://reserveinc.org/blog/?p=189 marilyn-shawMarilyn Shaw left the Brooklyn DA’s office at the end of March, but she didn’t go quietly. She ended her ReServist tenure with a party at Brooklyn’s historic Borough Hall for 31 Extraordinary Women of Brooklyn-one honoree for each day of Women’s History Month.

As event coordinator she fulfilled the project dear to DA Joe Hynes, now in its third year. Hynes noted that the honorees’  “generosity and unwavering dedication to the well-being of others exemplify the best that Brooklyn has to offer and have made our beloved borough a much better place to live.”

Among the 31 are attorneys, immigrants, religious leaders, a police officer, political activists and those who help small businesses, troubled families, children and the homeless.

Two honorees have connections to ReServe. Linda Blyer counts ReServe among her many volunteer efforts but was honored for the more that 20 years she served as Executive Director of Families First. The independent, nonprofit organization offers support groups, classes for children, workshops for parents and caregivers and a drop-in play space. Benita Miller, a ReServe sponsor, was honored for her work with pregnant and parenting teen-agers as founder and executive director of Brooklyn Young Mothers’ Collective.

Meanwhile, Marilyn Shaw plans to take time off to visit her son and then find her way back to ReServe for another assignment.

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