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Sunday, June 23, 2013

DEF Ribbon Cutting

The Delmarva Education Foundation celebrated the opening of its new office in the Tri-County Council Building in Salisbury with a May 21 ribbon cutting hosted by the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce. Executive Director Rota Knott (center) cut the ribbon with help from (front from left) Chamber President Brad Gillis and DEF board members Bill Wyatt, Vernon Rivers, Kat Harting, DEF President Mike Pennington, and DEF consultant Michael Nugent. Also on hand for the ribbon cutting were DEF board members Virgil Shockley and Gains Hawkins, Worcester County Commissioner Louise Gulyas, Delegate Rudy Cane, DEF college access advisors Linda Jagusiak, Lawrence Di Re and Rhonda Elswick, and dozens of DEF supporters. DEF is a non-profit that helps students in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties find money for college.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

"DEF is a non-profit that helps students in Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties find money for college."

I'm sorry. I have been all over the DEF website and could not find a single instance where THEY did anything for anyone but themselves. Sure, they have great goals but where's the beef? Not even a single documented instance on who and how they actually helped someone.

How about some DEF folks jumping in and tell us what they have done (not what they are being funded to do).

June 23, 2013 at 5:49 PM
Anonymous said...

You mean like testimonials 5:49. I did find one at the top of the main page.
DEF's been around since 1999. I think the site should include more testimonials including some from those who have used their service and how it's benefited their lives and where some of these scholarship recipients are these days.

June 24, 2013 at 6:22 AM
Anonymous said...

6:22 - Everyone knows that many "testimonials" are fake written by members on organizations themsleves, friends, family members, etc.

Let's see some PROOF, such as financial statements. Also, what are the salaries of members of this so-called "Non-Profit" organization? Some of these orgs "Glorify" themselves for being oh-so charitable "non-profit", but pay their employees astronomically outrageous salaries.

In other words, many "non-profits" are run by greedy and selfish people who are only in it for their benefit and are not very charitable at all.

June 24, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Anonymous said...

9:14 I would prefer to see testimonials (real ones of course) that show the progress of those this organization has helped. I want to know who they've helped and how they have gone on to be productive self sufficient citizens. Helping someone find money for college isn't exactly rocket science (no offense intended) and quite frankly if a prospective college student doesn't know where to look for scholarships maybe they should be considering a vocational school. What's important is how the person has used the education.

June 24, 2013 at 10:08 AM

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