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USNA MIDSHIPMAN RECIEVES AWARD AT ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY VOLUNTEER CENTER

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Naval Academy Midshipman 1st Class (Senior) Charles Wolz will be the recipient of the Innovative Mentoring award this year at the 7th Annual Mentoring Awards, sponsored by the Volunteer Center for Anne Arundel County. The ceremony will be Thursday, March 15, 6 - 8 p.m. at the Roger "Pip" Moyer Recreation Center in Annapolis, Md. The mentorship program, a collaboration between the Volunteer Center, the Midshipmen Action Group (MAG) and the Juvenile Drug Court Partnership, works to mentor at-risk youth.

Wolz, of Poolesville, Md., has been the lead midshipman to coordinate this project for the past two years and will be recognized for his dedication to the program. He spends many of his Saturdays and personal liberty time working with up to five mentees at a time.

Ms. Paula Fish, Supervisor of the Juvenile Drug Treatment program for Anne Arundel County said, “Midshipman Wolz has been an immeasurable asset to our organization. The mentoring program is tremendously successful in shaping the lives of the youth in the Juvenile Treatment Court program. The impact of having successful young adults show interest in the lives of our teens has helped our teens to become successful in completing our program and getting their lives back on track.”

The Naval Academy’s Midshipmen Action Group performs approximately 20,000 hours of volunteerism within the academic year whether locally, regionally or on a national landscape during spring breaks and other liberty times. MAG is currently involved with over 25 programs and Midshipman Wolz’s program is amongst the most innovative and collaborative programs.

Established in 1992 as a community relations program organized and maintained by the Brigade of Midshipmen, MAG currently offers a variety of educational, environmental and social service volunteer projects. In coordination with community partners from the Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington D.C. areas, as well as regional and national partners, MAG prepares midshipmen for future service by encouraging peer leadership, teamwork, character development, morale, selflessness and goodwill towards others.

Founded in 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy today is a prestigious four-year service academy that prepares midshipmen morally, mentally and physically to be professional officers in the naval service. More than 4,400 men and women representing every state in the U.S. and several foreign countries make up the student body, known as the Brigade of Midshipmen. Midshipmen learn from military and civilian instructors and participate in intercollegiate varsity sports and extracurricular activities. They also study subjects such as small arms, drill, seamanship and navigation, tactics, naval engineering and weapons, leadership, ethics and military law. Upon graduation, midshipmen earn a federally funded Bachelor of Science degree in a choice of 23 different subject majors and go on to serve at least five years of exciting and rewarding service as commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy or U.S. Marine Corps.

For more information about the Naval Academy, please visit www.usna.edu or our Facebook page. For more information about MAG, visit www.usna.edu/MAG.

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