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Marie McGeehan
Director of Communications
Boys & Girls Town of Missouri
Phone: 314-535-7911
Fax: 314-535-6632
marie.mcgeehan@great-circle.org

Missouri Coalition of Children’s Agencies Names Boys & Girls Town’s
Carla Treece Outstanding Child Care Worker in the State

St. James, Mo. (November 17, 2008) – Carla Treece, cottage life supervisor at Boys & Girls Town of Missouri’s St. James campus, has been named the outstanding child care worker in Missouri for 2008 by Missouri Coalition of Children’s Agencies. She received the 2008 Dwight E. Branson Child Care Worker of the Year award at the organization’s recent annual meeting. 

Treece joined Boys & Girls Town in 1997 as a youth care worker. In 2004 she was named cottage life supervisor, in which she provides direction and guidance to youth care workers and ensures residents of a safe and caring staff.

The nomination submitted for Treece praised her continuing efforts to encourage children to be active and get involved in outside activities such as visiting museums or conducting car washes. “She is loved by her residents and subordinates and has dedicated her life to educating and caring for youth,” according to the nomination.

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About Boys & Girls Town of  Missouri
Founded in 1949, Boys & Girls Town of Missouri is a nationally accredited organization that provides extensive treatment through residential, foster care case management, outreach and family therapy programs for troubled youth with a history of abuse, neglect, severe behavior disorders and psychological problems. The organization's mission to "improve the lives of children with emotional and behavioral problems through superior, family-focused services" is fulfilled through campuses in St. James, St. Louis, Springfield and Columbia, MO.  BGTM helps redirect the lives of more than 4,000 boys and girls and their families annually.  For more information, please visit the website at www.bgtm.org