Kids of Honor

Kids of Honor®Testimonials
“Kids of Honor has a perfect track record graduating their participants from high school.  Dedicated to empowering youth, they provide the powerful tools kids need for success in school and in life.” – John Fredericksen – Superintendent of Schools, Wicomico County, MD

“Kids of Honor changed my life. Thank you!” -- Nathan Weeks, Kid of Honor, Student Ambassador and Presidential Scholar at Shaw University

“Kids of Honor is one of the finest grass-roots solutions to our drop-out crisis.”
– Bill Milliken, author, The Last Dropout


“I know the amazing effect Kids of Honor has on individual students from personally implementing its tools at The Salvation Army.  The positive effect on our community as a whole is phenomenal.”
– Mark S. Thompson, President. Wicomico County Board of Education


“We selected Kids of Honor as the 2009 recipient of the Richard A Henson Award of Excellence because they change lives and make a real difference in our world.”
– Marty Neat, President First Shore Federal Savings & Loan and Chairman of the Henson Award Selection Committee at the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore

“Thanks to Kids of Honor and Y.E.A.H., I don’t think anything is impossible anymore.  I know I have resources to do things I thought I couldn’t do before.”
– Nkongho B., Y.E.A.H. Club member from Wicomico High School


“I’m a big fan of Kids of Honor and their awesome work in this community.  When young people stop to chat with me, I tell them ‘Stay focused on your education.’  There’s nothing better than seeing the Kids of Honor graduate and follow their dreams - that’s why I support Kids of Honor.”
– Fernando Guerrero, Reigning NABO Middleweight Champion

"M&T Bank supports the Kids of Honor program because of the positive difference it makes in the lives of young people in our community. By showing children the benefits of setting goals and making good decisions, Kids of Honor is helping to develop good citizens and productive workers for the future. M&T shares the program's commitment to strengthening communities by developing skills that will benefit children throughout their entire lives."
– Jon Sherwell, Administrative Vice President & Group Manager, Commercial Banking - Chesapeake Region