Melissa Helmbrecht

Melissa Helmbrecht
Born	c. 1975 (age 41 or 42) Wilmington, Delaware
Alma mater	American University University of Denver Law School
Spouse(s)	Walter J. Kappeler, Jr.
Children	Walter J. Kappeler, III Chloe Kappeler

Walter J. Kappeler, III

Melissa Helmbrecht (c. 1975) is an American advocate for young people known for her involvement in the youth service movement. Her work has been featured in Parade Magazine, the Denver Post,Washington Times, CNN,Good Morning America, the Indianapolis Star and the Orlando Sentinel, and on ABC's The View.

Helmbrecht was appointed the youngest member of the Orlando, Florida Leadership Council in 1991. In this position she promoted youth service around the city. She also participated in a design council for the Disney model town of Celebration, Florida. In the 1990s Helmbrecht co-founded Camden's Promise School in Camden, New Jersey.

While a student at the University of Denver Law School, Helmbrecht served as the 15th Circuit Governor for the American Bar Association Law Student Division and on the ABA Committee for the Unmet Legal Needs of Children. In 2000 Helmbrecht was a speaker at the National Association of Independent Schools conference. She studied at the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center, serving as a Guardian Ad Litem for abused and neglected children in court. As the president of the Children's Millennium Movement Helmbrecht was cited by the American Bar Association in 2001 for her work addressing the needs of foster children.

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