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Wendy Bleier-Mervis
May 13, 2015
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Wendy Bleier-Mervis
Award: HONORING WOMEN IN NEW YORK
Year: 2015
Ms. Bleier-Mervis was instrumental in the creation, development, implementation and growth of the Women’s Oncology Program – one of the fastest growing programs at Camp Good Days. She has served as the Commissioner for the Annual Teddi “T” Sports Fest, which included a 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament, Youth Sports Clinics and Talkin’ Sports Dinner.
Ms. Bleier-Mervis received degrees from Colgate University and The College at Brockport, and has put those skills to good use at Leary Elementary School, where she has taught physical education for eleven years. An acknowledged high school athlete herself, Ms. Bleier-Mervis served as the junior varsity girls basketball and softball coach both at Rush-Henrietta High School and Irondequoit High School, and as the varsity girls softball coach at Rush-Henrietta High School. In 1998, she was selected Varsity Softball Coach of the Year in Monroe County by her peers.
While with Rush-Henrietta, Ms. Bleier-Mervis served as faculty advisor to both the Leary Elementary School Student Council and Leary Elementary School Safety Patrol, and was a member of the Instructional Council on Physical Education, the New York State Recreation & Park Society, Inc., the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance.
Currently, Ms. Bleier-Mervis serves on the Colgate University Athletic Council, and is a member of American Camping Association and the Monroe County Council of Agency Executives. She chairs the Rochester Monroe County Youth Bureau Board, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Monroe County Water Authority and on the Board of Trustees for the Finger Lakes Museum.
Ms. Bleier-Mervis resides in the Town of Pittsford with her husband, Gary.
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