As apart of our new blog, Fish Samaritan decided to introduce you our friends and family to our boardmembers and employees. Each posting for the next few weeks will introduce you to someone new that is either on our Board of Directors or is a hard working employee of Fish Samaritan House.
This week we introduce to you;
Cassandra Campean who is our secretary on the Board of Directors. Cassandra has been apart of the Fish Samaritan family since 1994 and became the secretary for our board in 1997. Initally, she became passionate about Fish Samaritan because she works for MYCAP Head Start and witnessed first hand the numerous children and families that were in need of things like clothing, food and house hold items. MYCAP also required that she participate on the board of a local social service and found this as a prime opportunity to help Fish Samaritan as much as she can.
What is MYCAP? Head Start/Early Head Start is a social service agency which provides preschool to families who qualify. Children must be age eligible and meet income guidelines. I work for Early Head Start which sevices pregnant women and infant and toddlers.
She is a Youngstown State University graduate with a Bachelors in Psychology, and also holds credentials in Internationally Certified Childbirth Educator, Certified Lactation Consultant and a Certified Doula. What is a "Doula" you may ask? A doula is someone who provides continued support to a mother who is experiencing labor and delivery.
When she is not providing support to newborns and their mothers she enjoys taking trips and spending as much time with her family as possible and is also an instructor at Get'n Fit Aerobics (http://www.getnfitwomen.com/).
Her long term goals for Fish Samaritan House? "To offer other services like helping people pay for prescriptions and getting help with utility bills. It would be nice to expand the food pantry into an actual market, where clients could purchase fresh food for less money."
We thank Cassandra for her continued support to not ONLY Fish Samaritan House but to MYCAP and the mothers in our area as well! Keep up the great work Cassandra!!
