FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, February 25, 2008

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

Students from the Young Men’s Academy, Schools Superintendent Rudy Crew, AARP officials, State Sen. Larcenia Bullard, Rep. Edward Bullard, Former Florida First Lady Columba Bush, and senior citizens from the Gelber Center.

Stephen P. Clark Government Center (lower covered atrium)
111 N.W. First Street, Miami  33128

The Ethel Percy Andrus award is presented to the school, whose service learning program has either fostered greater intergenerational understanding or enhanced civic engagement between the school and its local community. Students from the Young Men’s Academy volunteered at the Gelber Center for adults, read and cooked for the senior citizens, created artwork with them, and maintained a butterfly garden at the center.

This award will be given to one public high school in the six cities that have been selected as focal points for AARP's 50th Anniversary celebration. The cities are Chicago, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.