Healthy YOUth Makes A Difference

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

Without the vision of Liane Blanck, our organization would not exist. Without her

constant work and effort throughout fifteen years of service to our organization, our students would not have had the opportunity to learn and grow.

We’d all like to thank her for her dedication through the years. Many former HY students are

here tonight to share their thanks, and many alumni who could not be here tonight wished to

express their hope that our program will continue and wish Liane well on the next step of her life’s

journey.

THANKS TO LIANE

ZBTHS Class of 2000 College of Lake County Class of

2006 Currently enrolled at Jacksonville State University Paramedic at Sunstar Paramedics in St. Petersburg,

Florida Celebrated the birth of his first

child this year!

"Worrying is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do for a

while but it gets you no where." - Van Wilder

JOE (JC) SPARKS

ZBTHS Class of 2003 College of Lake County

Class of 2006 University of Wisconsin-

Parkside Married May, 5, 2012

"Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for

tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop

questioning." Albert Einstein

CHRISTINE (SPARKS) REYES

ZBTHS Class of 2003 Augustana Collge, class of 2007

Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Class of 2010

Biologist at Abbott Laboratories

"No one ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him, it is the amount

and excellence of what is over and above the required that

determines the greatness of ultimate distinction."

TERESA ANGUIANO

ZBTHS Class of 2003 College of Lake County

Employed at Kammel+Morgan Design Group in Oviedo, Florida

Rakel designed the HY Logo while she was a

student at ZBTHS

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein

RAKEL (HJELMESETH) FAIRFULL

ZBTHS Class of 2003 Knox College Class of

2007 Missouri State University

Class of 2011 Statistics Instructor at Missouri State University

ASHLEY BUNNELL

ZBTHS Class of 2003 University of Wisconsin-

Parkside, Class of 2007 Gamestop Store Manager,

Greenfield, Wisconsin

BLAKE FORTENBERRY

ZBTHS Class of _____ Working for Zion

Evangelical Ministries of Africa

Getting married---this summer!

AMY HUCKER

ZBTHS Class of 2004 Enlisted as a rifleman with the 2nd

Battalion 24th Marines in Chicago Operation Shared Accord in Niger,

Africa to teach tactics to the Nigerian Army and provide

humanitarian support Sept. 2007—Operation Iraqi

Freedom in Habbiniyah, Iraq until Jan. 2008

Became a Certified Combat Lifesaver and for actions in Iraq

received a Certificate of Commendation

Joined 1st Battalion 24th Marines in Grand Rapids, MI until Dec. 2011

Now working as an inside product specialist for Dell Computers in

Buffalo Grove, IL

SEAN PADFIELD

ZBTHS Class of 2004 Taylor University Class of

2008 Middle school teacher in

Indianapolis, IN

“For there are many people who can do the big things.

But there are very few people who WILL do the

small things."

--Mother Teresa

ANGELA MOORE

ZBTHS Class of 2004 North Central University

Class of 2008 New Hope Assembly of

God, Children’s Pastor in Urbandale, Iowa

Be the change you wish to see in the world. --Ghandi.

CORTNEY EKLUND

ZBTHS Class of 2005 Employed as management

for Sam’s Club

“Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth,

so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful

mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of

wisdom and the guidance of virtue.”

--Buddha

CHRISTOPHER BENITEZ

ZBTHS Class of 2005 Northwestern University

Class of 2009 Lake County Republican

Federation Executive Director

CHELSEA (THOMPSON) STANLEY

ZBTHS Class of 2005 University of Wisconsin-

LaCrosse Class of 2009 University of Illinois at

Chicago, Class of 2012 (PhD)

Leaving within the next month to work at an

orphanage in Uganda

LAURA CAPP

ZBTHS Class of 2006 University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign class of 2010

Currently employed at YWCA of Lake County in

Waukegan, IL

KIM MARTINEZ

ZBTHS Class of 2006 Western Illinois

University Class of _____ Employed by Crystal Lake

Police Department

Hard work gaurentees nothing, but without it you dont even stand a chance.

DELMAR DADE

ZBTHS Class of 2006 Bradley University Class of

2009 Le Cordon Bleu Paris Class of

2010 Trinity University Class of 2012 Sous Chef at Talkeetna Alaskan

Lodge

"So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then seem

improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon

become inevitable"

--Christopher Reeve

KATIE OHIO CLEVELAND

ZBTHS Class of 2006 Florida A&M Class of

2010 Currently attending Florida A&M Graduate

School in Molecular Biology

Sometimes it is a little scary moving on...but

how will you know what life has in store for you if

you are not willing to take risks? Don't become complacent. live ♥ love

RASHEDA THOMPSON

ZBTHS Class of 2007 Lake Forest College Class of

2011 LEAD Internship

Employed at Waukegan Public Library

"It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every

time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it

isn't in the middle of the room. Life isn't a support-system for

art. It's the other way around." - Stephen King

KATIE MCLEAN

ZBTHS Class of 2008 Wheaton Collge, Class of

2012

CORIN LUCY

ZBTHS Class of 2008 Itawamba Community

College, Tupelo, MS class of 2012

Don't walk behind me i may not lead, Don't walk in front of me i may not follow, but walk beside me and be my

friend.

ASHLEY WADDLE

ZBTHS Class of 2010 Attending Loyola University

Campus Outreach Director for Loyola’s Department of Programming

Freshmen Retreat Leader Student Leadership Panels Student Community Board

Teacher’s Aide at Loyola Preschool Lab Assistant at University Photo Lab Currently training for 2nd marathon

"But there’s something in me that just keeps going on. I think it has something to do with tomorrow, that there is always

one, and that everything can change when it comes." - Augusten Burroughs

AUSTIN SEARS

ZBTHS Class of 2010 Attending Western Illinois

University

Who you are begins with what you do.

RYLEIGH SEARS

ZBTHS Class of 2010 Attending DePaul

University

"All that we see or seem, Is but a dream within a

dream.”

–Edgar Allen Poe

SUSAN ESTRADA

ZBTHS Class of 2010 Attending Illinois State

University

"Not to know what happened before we were

born is to remain perpetually a child" - Cicero

OMAR KHAN

ZBTHS Class of 2010 College of Lake County Employed by CLC TRIO

as a student support services tutor

YARELI FACUNDO

ZBTHS Class of 2010 Attending DePaul

University, Chicago Golden Apple Award

Winner Employed by Jumpstart

for Young Children

ALYSIA LUEVANO

ZBTHS Class of 2011 Attending University of

Chicago Elected to University Board and has joined an

Indian Dancing Team

VIDAL ANGUIANO

ZBTHS Class of 2011 Attending College of Lake

County Working for Abercrombie

& Fitch

CARLA VILLAGOMEZ

ZBTHS Class of 2011 Attending Washington University in St.

Louis Research Assistant for Dr. Henry

Roediger’s Memory Lab John B. Irvin Scholar

Social Chair for PRIDE Alliance Member of Lock and Chain

C-SURE Research Fellowship Resident Assistant

“I want you to know how much Healthy YOUth has meant to me, and what an

integral part this organization has played in shaping who I have become. I am truly

going to miss you all for all the hard work you put into this group. Thank you so much, and good luck with your future endeavors. I hope they are as fruitful as these past years

have been.”

CHRISTIAN GORDON

ZBTHS Class of 2011 Attending Monmouth

College

“Change is constant. How we experience change that's

up to us. It can feel like death or it can feel like a

second chance at life."

MAGGIE HOLLAND

ZBTHS Class of 2011 Attending Cardinal

Stritch University in Milwaukee

Employed at Captain James A. Lovell Federal

Heath Care Center Involved in Lake County

NAACP and Staben House

I only want to succeed and help others to succeed as

well.

RANDAL RILEY

ZBTHS Class of 2011 Attending Carroll

University in Waukesha, WI

Employed at Applebee’s and Six Flags Great

America

MORIAH ZICHOVICH