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Grand Prize Winners

The secret is out! Check out who won big at the 149 th Congress of Correction “ O ne if by land, two if by sea” was the secret message used by the patriots on April 18, 1775 in Boston to alert which

the Gondles Bear, a favorite ACA tradition. There were also two new prizes introduced at this year’s Congress of Correction. ACA had a lot of fun de- veloping and executing a scavenger hunt through the ACA Conference app. Rebecca VonBehrens, RN at John Peter Smith Hospital in Ft. Worth, Texas, skillfully navigated the scavenger hunt and won a future conference registration, 10 online courses and a one-year membership. ACA’s new airline ticket raffles were introduced and won by VonBehrens and Dr. Crystal Brown-Voeltz, DSW, Director of Clinical Services at the Naval Consoli- dated Brig in North Charleston, South Carolina. Congratulations to all our winners and a special thank you to our many sponsors who made it pos- sible for ACA to give away a new car, two iPads and airline tickets at the 149 th Congress of Correc- tion. Register now for the 2020 Winter Conference in San Diego and try your luck!

route the British took to Concord. However, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019 in Boston, it was no secret who won the variety of grand prizes that the 149 th Congress of Correction had to offer. Both Captain James Galberth, Oregon Bureau of Prisons, Sheridan, Oregon, and Joe Ryan, ACA Compliance Director from Newark, New Jersey, walked away with brand-new iPads. There was much anticipation for the drawing of the first place grand prize, a 2019 Chevy Cruz, but only one could claim it, and it was Melissa Young, President of the Louisiana Correctional Association from Lake Charles, Louisiana, who “drove off into the sunset” in her brand-new car! The grand prize giveaway was not the only chance for attendees to win at this conference. Patricia Blanco, Vice President of Clinical Ser- vices, CURA Inc., from Union, New Jersey, won

— Molly Law, M.A.

149 th Congress of Correction

Congratulations to Melissa Young, winner of this year’s Grand Prize Giveaway.

Patricia Blanco won the ever-popular Gondles Bear at this year’s Gondles Bear giveaway.

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