On April 29, Pennsauken resident Jerome Pipes will receive the 2018 HEROES award in the non-profit category from the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund.

Jerome T. Pipes works as The Team Lead Care and Treatment Adherence Psychosocial Service Coordinator at Camden Area Health Education Center-AHEC. Pipes helps lead the efforts to provide HIV testing, counseling, harm reduction, needle exchange, and more. He has been active in AIDS awareness events, Black Lives Matter, healthcare reform, and many other grassroots movements and issues. He has previously been recognized by the Nonprofit Development Center of Southern New Jersey and the Camden County Board of Elected Freeholders for – among other things – his advocacy for underserved communities.

Jerome was raised and educated in Camden City and Pennsauken Township school districts and is a member of Pennsauken High School’s Class of 1997. At an early age he took interest in politics. Raised in a home where politics and the civil issues of the community were important, he continues to take pride in following in the footsteps of family and friends. A strong advocate for the liberal and democratic cause, he always put his best foot forward in: working with, maintaining and assisting his community.

The DVLF HEROES Awards Luncheon will be held on Sunday, April 29, at Kimpton Hotel Monaco Philadelphia. For more information, click here.