{"id":9088,"date":"2011-11-25T14:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-25T20:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=9088"},"modified":"2011-11-25T03:50:10","modified_gmt":"2011-11-25T09:50:10","slug":"bill-mace-homes-encourages-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/11\/25\/bill-mace-homes-encourages-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Mace Homes Encourages Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Bill-Mace-Homes.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-97779\" title=\"Bill Mace Homes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Bill-Mace-Homes.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Mace Homes\" width=\"225\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; On November 22nd, 2011, in the office of Bill Mace Homes, two LEAP Youth Interns were awarded Tennessee Titans tickets in recognition of their academic achievement and community outreach efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Tommy Vallejos was approached by Bill Mace about developing innovative ways to encourage youth to be productive and responsible citizens. Given Pastor Tommy\u2019s intimate knowledge and involvement with the LEAP Organization, he recommended recognizing two distinguished youth from LEAP.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_97778\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Mace1.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-97778\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-97778\" title=\"Two LEAP Youth Interns were awarded Tennessee Titans tickets in recognition of their academic achievement and community outreach efforts at Bill Mace Homes.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Mace1-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"Two LEAP Youth Interns were awarded Tennessee Titans tickets in recognition of their academic achievement and community outreach efforts at Bill Mace Homes.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-97778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two LEAP Youth Interns were awarded Tennessee Titans tickets in recognition of their academic achievement and community outreach efforts at Bill Mace Homes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->The youths selected for this award were Stacey Jenkins who attends West Creek High School and Stephon Jenkins who attends West Creek Middle School.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was excited to hear about the opportunity to recognize both brothers. Stacey since his involvement in the program has always been a stellar student. While his younger brother, Stephon, had a few setbacks earlier on, has made significant strides both academically and behaviorally. I am extremely proud of them\u201d commented Richard \u201cReason\u201d Garrett.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to generously sponsoring the youth, Bill Mace also provided additional tickets so that both parents could attend the game with their children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs important as it is to encourage youth through positive reinforcement, I believe it is equally important to encourage the family unit as a whole. It was my honor to be able to present the entire family with this modest award and appreciate the parents for being active in their children\u2019s lives\u201d said Bill Mace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; On November 22nd, 2011, in the office of Bill Mace Homes, two LEAP Youth Interns were awarded Tennessee Titans tickets in recognition of their academic achievement and community outreach efforts. Pastor Tommy Vallejos was approached by Bill Mace about developing innovative ways to encourage youth to be productive and responsible citizens. 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