Contact: Tammy Lane • First Posted: Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Mary Molsky, a special education teacher at Beaumont Middle School, is the winner of this year’s Betty Triplett Award given by the Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children Inc.

This statewide honor goes to a passionate advocate who has created a service or started a program that helps meet the needs of families and children with emotional, social or behavioral disabilities. At Beaumont, Molsky launched the Gummy Bears Club whose members reach out to make friends with special-needs students and lend a hand with their academic lessons and development of social skills.

Molsky was nominated by Junior Achievement classroom volunteer Craig Browning, who helped promote the club’s philosophy districtwide through a Leadership Lexington project.

“Due to her tireless efforts and generous spirit, several other elementary, middle and high school clubs based on the Gummy Bears model have been introduced,” he wrote. “With the club’s motto ‘Look with your heart,’ students have become advocates not only for inclusion of special-needs students but also for change in their communities.”

Molsky will receive the $250 award at a Dec. 3 luncheon in Frankfort hosted by the Kentucky Partnership for Families and Children, a private, not-for-profit family organization.

For more information, call program coordinator Kate Tilton at (800) 369-0533.

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