Judge Dellick wins national award
Staff report
YOUNGSTOWN
Judge Theresa Dellick of Mahoning County Juvenile Court will receive a Sandy Hook Promise Champion Award in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Paula Fynboh, national field director for the nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise, said Judge Dellick will receive the award for her “extraordinary commitment and lifelong achievements in helping create safer and healthier communities.”
Sandy Hook Promise, which has conducted several workshops in the Mahoning Valley, promotes identification and mental-health intervention for those who may wish to hurt themselves or others, gun safety and security and reduction in gun-magazine size to reduce lethality.
One of those events, which the court co-sponsored, was an anti-bullying workshop attended by 162 educators and mental-health and legal professionals, at which Fynboh was a presenter, last November at the Maronite Center.
“Sandy Hook Promise’s mission is parallel to the court’s, and, for that reason, the two entities forged a meaningful relationship,” Judge Dellick said.
“The court is honored that the relationship is mutual, and, on behalf of the court’s employees, who diligently serve the public, I humbly accept the award,” she added.
SHP was organized by people who lost loved ones in the Dec. 14, 2012, Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn., in which 20 first-graders and six educators were fatally shot.
Nancy Beeghly, a member of the county juvenile court advisory board, said Judge Dellick “has made profound and positive impacts on the troubled youth in our community.”
“I have to commend the judge. She is very dedicated to what she does at juvenile court over and above being the judge,” said Carol Rimedio-Righetti, chairwoman of the county commissioners, during a recent meeting at which the award was announced.
This year’s other Promise Champion honorees are U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, and Charles Schumer, D-New York.
Vice President Joseph Biden is expected to attend the awards ceremony.