Dear Friends:Hope your Christmas is filled with Happiness, Warmth and Joy!

Bon Voyage, Commodore

Bon Voyage, me Mateys!

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I have so many amazing memories from Great American Mentoring.  The education I received from GAM was also outstanding to me.  I made so many new friends as part of the crew; and so could you.  

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It was a lot of fun!  My favorite memories are of Valentine Noir (the masqerade ball), Moon On The Sail (weekly movies), Rolling With GAM (bowling), GAM MET BIZ (Metropolitan Museum of Art), Explore Strange New Worlds (Museum of Natural History) and many other fun, educational events.  I will never forget the time we went to the OW campus--GAM On The Island--and all of us girls ended up playing basketball while the boys cheered us on (you have to listen to their play-by-play video commentary).  

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My favorite thing was coming up with new events, making ads for them, helping run the events, and of course recruiting new members to them.  I am extremely thankful for all the awards and contests I won.  Judge Gregorek is a very knowledgable and helpful person, who created GAM and made it the best club to join, not only for business majors, but any degree.  The skills I learned from GAM, I know I am going to use in life, because some things everyone needs to know.  After I graduate this term, I hope GAM will continue.  For me it was an extraordinary voyage!  Come aboard and make more memories for business sense and social grace! 

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Alyssa D'Amico

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Special Note from the Fleet Admiral:  Alyssa has been a superbly supportive shipmate to everyone--a generous spirit and magnanimous heart.  And she is modest.  One of the greatest successes of GAM was Alyssa taking GAM to a private high school to mentor and inspire them in GAMmy Smith Apple.  She won so many awards:  She won a $1,500 Frederique Constant watch at Time for GAM.  She won an iPod at MoMMA (Mother’s Day video card contest).  And she won the very first Atlas Shrugged Award at Bon Voyage.  She is our highest ranking officer; she is our Commodore.  She is my pride and joy.