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College Admissions Officer Appointed to Children’s Futures Board


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Local community volunteer and educator joins board that focuses on children
TRENTON, NJ (October 28, 2009) —Caroline Purnell Tompkins, of Princeton, N.J., admissions officer at Thomas Edison State College, was recently named to the Children’s Futures Board of Directors.

Children’s Futures Inc. (CF) is a nationally recognized, Trenton, New Jersey-based nonprofit organization created to improve health and developmental outcomes for children.

“It is an honor to serve alongside such a distinguished board of directors to enable Children’s Futures to effectively and successfully achieve its mission to improve child health and development outcomes in Trenton from prenatal to age three,” said Tompkins, who has worked at Thomas Edison State College for nine and a half years.

Tompkins is also an adjunct professor of French at Mercer County Community College and a part-time staff member in the development/audience services department at McCarter Theatre in Princeton. A member of Leadership Trenton Alumni Association, Tompkins serves on the boards of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Mercer and the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the state of New Jersey. In addition, she is a community volunteer for Princeton Community Works, UIH Family Partners and past chair of the June Fete annual fundraiser for the University Medical Center at Princeton. She earned a bachelor’s degree in French at Hollins College in Roanoke, Va., and a master’s degree in education from Rider University.

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