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Leaders of the Youth
CHOICES task force (Community
building and mobilization for Healthy youth development through positive
Opportunities, Intervention and prevention, Collaboration, Empowerment and
Support to ensure success)
announced National
Mentoring Month to focus on the need for adults to mentor young
people. Representatives of SMILES,
Big Friends
Little Friends, and the Boys and
Girls Club joined CHOICES co-chairs Christian McCloskey and Jamison
Souza to appeal for volunteers to work at those programs and for YouthBuild.
Last September, Fall River was recognized as one of the 100
Best Communities for Young People by the America's Promise Alliance.
One of the Five Promises is caring adults. "The month provides us an
opportunity to thank those individuals who have mentored us at some point
in our lives, whether it be a teacher, a coach, an advisor or a
boss," said Youth Services Coordinator Christian McCloskey.
Click
here for the Herald News article. For more information, contact
Christian McCloskey at 508-324-2419, or
Jamison Souza at 508-679-0922. |
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(Top row) Youth CHOICES task force co-chair Jamison Souza greets Pamela O'Neill of People, Incorporated prior to the press conference before beginning the announcement of National Mentoring Month with co-chair Christian McCloskey. (Middle row, left and right) Ramona Turcotte of Big Friends Little Friends (508-730-1138, Ext. 3244), and Dana Hubbard (508-672-6340) of the Boys and Girls Club L.E.A.D (Learn Explore Aim Dream) Mentoring Program talk about the importance of mentors in the lives of children. (Bottom row) Heidi Bedard, Katje Fuson and Alissa Setera of SMILES Mentoring (508-837-6902, Ext. 122) share some positive stories about the role of mentors. |
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