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Mentors and mentees in the
SMILES (Southcoast Mentoring
Initiative for
Learning, Education and Service)
mentoring program (a program of People,
Incorporated) gathered
at People, Inc. headquarters on South Main Street on January 17, 2013 to
celebrate National Mentoring Month. The program brought together people
involved with SMILES, Big Friends Little Friends of the Family
Service Association, and Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Greater New Bedford to share stories, hopes, achievements
and pizza. “I’m really happy with the turnout tonight,” SMILES
Director Heidi Bedard was quoted as saying in the
Herald News article the next day. “I’m hoping that seeing
this will help spread the word in the SouthCoast of the definitive need of
positive role models in our communities.” The event brought more than
fifty people together including many mentor-mentee pairs and veteran
mentors like the City's Youth
Services Coordinator Christian McCloskey who has been mentoring for
several decades. Anyone interested in learning more about SMILES should go
to the website
or contact contact Pamela O’Neil, vice president of communications and
administration, at 774-627-2404.
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(Top row) Attendees
listen as mentor Bob Mandeville of the New Bedford court system describes
his relationship with his mentee, Shane. (Row
two, right) Mentor Mike Vieira talks with People, Incorporated CFO Bill
Perkins. (Row three,
left)
Katje Fuson, SMILES mentor and Director of Community, Child and Family
Program Services, People, Incorporated, chats with mentee Jason Sousa and
Fall River Youth Services Coordinator Christian McCloskey. (Row
three, right) New Bedford Director of Community Institutional Relations
Kristine Arsenault chats with Deanna Bodeau and Whitney Silva of New
Bedford Child and Family Services. (Bottom
row, left and right) Mentor Mary O'Neil of the District Attorney's Office
talks about her relationship with her mentee, fourth-grader, Tay-lyn.
(Bottom
row, center) Mayor William Flanagan presents a proclamation for National
Mentoring Month to People, Incorporated's Vice President of Community,
Child and Family Services Jenny Diblasi. |
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