Simon Youth Foundation President and CEO J. Michael Durnil, Ph.D., is trading the comforts of his office chair for the cramped confines of an airplane seat. Durnil is taking to the friendly skies as part of a tour of Simon Youth Academies throughout the country in April and May, 2011, to meet our great educators and inspiring students.
At all of his stops, which include cities in Texas, Missouri and Massachusetts, Durnil also is taking time to thank the leaders at the Simon mall locations that support so well the SYF mission with their time and treasure each year. In particular, he's attending Simon mall regional meetings, and alongside Simon Youth Academy students, he's sharing the story of how the malls' support is changing the lives of at-risk high school kids who came critically close to dropping out of school.
The praise for the Simon mall family and Simon Property Group is well deserved. Together, in 2010 alone, they generated more than $1.7 million for SYF, including coins collected in SYF wishing wells, which our mall partners graciously locate in high-traffic areas in their shopping centers.
In the slideshow above are a few photos from the Simon malls Central Region meeting attended by Durnil and SYF students. The students, from the Simon Youth Academy at Independence Center, a Simon mall in Independence, MO, are seen in a couple of pictures presenting an SYF Best Fundraising Award to representatives from Simon's Orange Park Mall, which is located in Florida.
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