Catholic Student Councils group marks 30th anniversary
The Association of Catholic Student Councils (TACSC), a nationwide leadership training program for Catholic school students, celebrated its 30th anniversary with a gala dinner at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester on Oct. 20.
Nearly 200 people attended the gala, which raised funds for TACSC’s continued operations. More than 17,000 elementary and junior high and high school students from throughout California and across the U.S. have participated in TACSC’s leadership training programs.
Three awards were presented at the event: the Founder’s Award to the William H. Hannon Foundation; the Lifetime Achievement Award to TACSC’s founder Marilyn Thickett; and the Partners’ Award to LMU’s School of Education’s Center for Catholic Education.
Locally, students at St. Anastasia and St. Jerome Schools in Westchester as well as students at St. Anthony School in El Segundo participate in TACSC.
Founded in Los Angeles in 1982, TACSC’s programs include student leadership days, parent/educator evenings, moderator and administrator programs and summer leadership conferences. Students are taught life leadership skills including public speaking, meeting management, collaboration and teamwork, project planning and problem-solving and learn the importance of public service and community volunteerism and how to strengthen their Catholic faith as a leader. For the last three years, TACSC is turning their attention from serving not just student council leaders, but all students that have leadership potential in other areas of life, including sports teams and clubs.
“We grow leaders. TACSC has been making profound, permanent and positive change in the lives of Catholic youth for 30 years,” said Gene Detre, TACSC’s Executive Director. “The best part is that these young people carry the ‘TACSC toolkit’ with them for life. Our alumni make giving back to their communities central to their lives and careers.”
Among the TACSC alumni speaking at the gala were New York City Deputy Mayor Caswell Holloway; Tim McOsker, Immediate past chair of the Central City Association of Los Angeles; James Hannon, chair of the Board of Regents at Loyola High School; Jaclyn Jimenez, vice president of POM POM at Home; and Catherine Mifsud, director of Campus Ministry and Service Learning at Ursuline Academy of New Orleans.
For more information on The Association of Catholic Student Councils, visit www.tacsc.org.
Nearly 200 people attended the gala, which raised funds for TACSC’s continued operations. More than 17,000 elementary and junior high and high school students from throughout California and across the U.S. have participated in TACSC’s leadership training programs.
Three awards were presented at the event: the Founder’s Award to the William H. Hannon Foundation; the Lifetime Achievement Award to TACSC’s founder Marilyn Thickett; and the Partners’ Award to LMU’s School of Education’s Center for Catholic Education.
Locally, students at St. Anastasia and St. Jerome Schools in Westchester as well as students at St. Anthony School in El Segundo participate in TACSC.
Founded in Los Angeles in 1982, TACSC’s programs include student leadership days, parent/educator evenings, moderator and administrator programs and summer leadership conferences. Students are taught life leadership skills including public speaking, meeting management, collaboration and teamwork, project planning and problem-solving and learn the importance of public service and community volunteerism and how to strengthen their Catholic faith as a leader. For the last three years, TACSC is turning their attention from serving not just student council leaders, but all students that have leadership potential in other areas of life, including sports teams and clubs.
“We grow leaders. TACSC has been making profound, permanent and positive change in the lives of Catholic youth for 30 years,” said Gene Detre, TACSC’s Executive Director. “The best part is that these young people carry the ‘TACSC toolkit’ with them for life. Our alumni make giving back to their communities central to their lives and careers.”
Among the TACSC alumni speaking at the gala were New York City Deputy Mayor Caswell Holloway; Tim McOsker, Immediate past chair of the Central City Association of Los Angeles; James Hannon, chair of the Board of Regents at Loyola High School; Jaclyn Jimenez, vice president of POM POM at Home; and Catherine Mifsud, director of Campus Ministry and Service Learning at Ursuline Academy of New Orleans.
For more information on The Association of Catholic Student Councils, visit www.tacsc.org.
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