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AN INVITATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Inspired by seven seniors from T.C. Williams H.S. who performed their slam poems at our May 1st anti-drug youth rally, David Mineta, from the Office of National Drug Control Policy invited these students along with Mentor to share their poetry with the entire staff of ONDCP at the White House on May, 30th.
SANTIAGO, FROM SHY TO CONFIDENT
Santiago was a shy, and somewhat insecure, senior at Spring Brook High School in Maryland. He was a little unsure of himself and his ideas but with the guidance of his teacher, Lynn Nelson, and the H&M drug free t-shirt slogan contest he took a chance and entered the slogan that motivated him.
MENTOR STUDENTS PRESENT FOR ALEXANDRIA MAYOR
Our students from Phelps H.S. in D.C. and T.C. Williams H.S. in Alexandria, VA, have formed fruitful relationships with the construction and engineering company Skanska via Mentor’s Authentic Career Experience program.
10 REASONS TO BECOME A MENTOR
We have celebrated another successful year of mentoring and have had the honor of sending our first round of graduates off to college.
MENTOR USA PRESIDENT GUNILLA GIRARDO SPEAKS AS A LEADING BUSINESS WOMAN
On May 27th from 4:30-6:30pm Mentor Foundation USA president and CEO, Gunilla Girardo, will speak on a panel of leading business women from both the U.S. and Sweden for the Leaders in Heels presentation.
700 STUDENTS SHATTER THE MYTHS
On May 1st, 2014 there was excitement beaming the school as 700 seniors entered the auditorium to “Shatter the Myths” with a youth drug prevention rally. As a kickoff for prom season Mentor Foundation USA traveled our unique “Shattering the Myths” Youth Rally to the school.
NATIONWIDE SUPPORT FOR PREVENTION
Mentor Foundation USA is getting national exposure throughout the month of May on the charity subscription website Charity Subs. Charity Subs is an organization created to show the power of our national community when pooled together.
MENTOR’S BOWLING ADVENTURE
Sometimes it’s nice to kick back on a beautiful spring Saturday and relax with our Mentee’s. It takes a lot of commitment and hard work to do well in school and to do well in our mentoring program so we like get together for fun adventures, like bowling.
YOU CAN HELP US FUND 15
Today Mentor Foundation USA officially launches our FUND 15 campaign. Our goal is to provide 15 youth with professional mentors for the 2014-2015 school year. We need to raise $15,000 before July to do this.
MENTORING STUDENTS SHARE THEIR POETRY
Mentor Foundation USA is dedicated to the idea that if you equip young people with the tools and give them the room to speak, they will! We are advocates for the use of creative expression to share thoughts and feelings and we work with our students to provide opportunities for them to take to the mic and speak out.
