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Historic,
'Lifelong Teacher' Dies at 87
Daily
Press, North Carolina, December 30, 2003
Berkeley
Scholars-to-Cal Program Teams Current Students
with Area Youngsters
UC
Berkeley News Center, December 8, 2003
Mentoring
Program Helps Turn At-Risk Youths into Leaders
Richmond
Times-Dispatch, November 11, 2003
Local
Men Help Shape Lives by Serving as Father Figures
Lodi
News Sentinal, June 14, 2003
Budding
Artists Score Mentors
MaineToday.com, June 16, 2003
Mentoring...Experience
the Magic
Kentucky
New Era, May 31, 2003
Mentors
Reach Out to Local Kids
Appeal
Tribune, May 21, 2003
Mentoring
Program Brings Success To Western Students
The Daily Record, April 24, 2003
Program
Raises Girls' Grades, Self-Esteem
The Dallas Morning News, April 21, 2003
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Historic,
'Lifelong Teacher' Dies at 87
Daily
Press (Virginia), December 30, 2003
Up
until her final days, Mary L. Passage was working
to help children. Mrs. Passage, the first woman
principal of a major Virginia high school who
later helped start Newport News' first alternative
school, died Saturday at age 87. Mary L. Passage
Middle School was named in her honor. "Education
has suffered a great loss. She was a real educator."
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Berkeley
Scholars-to-Cal Program Teams Current Students
with Area Youngsters
UC
Berkeley News Center, December 8, 2003
"It's
common knowledge that mentoring helps students
with their studies. But what if a fifth grader
was guaranteed a mentor for eight years straight,
and for four to six hours every week? And what
if that student and his or her family received
other services to help keep them on track?"
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Mentoring
Program Helps Turn At-Risk Youths into Leaders
Richmond
Times-Dispatch, November 11, 2003
"[Heather]
Brown said it's not just about packing their minds
with knowledge and the confidence that they can
go to college and--like their mentors--become
anything they want...[T]his is part of a growing
labor of love throughout the Richmond area. Churches,
businesses and individuals are reaching out to
at-risk children, mentoring and tutoring them...It's
not complicated. As Brown says, 'Nurture the child.
Heal the family. Rebuild the community.'"
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Local
Men Help Shape Lives by Serving as Father Figures
Lodi
News Sentinal, June 14, 2003
"Father's
Day occurs once a year, but the positive influence
of a father has lifelong effects. Perhaps even
more invaluable is the male role model who shepherds
young people other than his own children."
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Budding
Artists Score Mentors
MaineToday.com, June 16, 2003
"It
was 8:07 a.m., June 5 in a home economics classroom
seemingly turned college-town coffee shop. While
many Messalonskee students strolled the hallways
of their school, readying themselves for another
day of classes, a group of nearly a dozen artists,
musicians and poets gathered to share their talents
with like-minded peers."
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Spending
time with someone younger than you can
only make you feel younger too. Isn't
that a sort of magic?"
Matthew
Tol Dye,
First Place,
Todd Central High School
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Mentoring...Experience
the Magic
Kentucky
New Era, May 31, 2003
"'As
president of Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Southern
Pennyrile, I had the honor of reading the winning
entries of the agency's third annual essay contest
at a recent volunteer appreciation reception...
Using
the theme, 'Mentoring…Experience the Magic,'
students either shared their memories of a special
person they admire or wrote about their ideas
of what mentoring is.'"
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Mentors Reach Out to Local
Kids
Appeal
Tribune, May 21, 2003
"A
mentor for Operation Starfish, Shelley Neagle
knows a little caring mixed with a little time
are all that’s needed to show a student she
is important... 'My student is so talented. I
think kids need someone outside their family to
show an interest in them, 'Neagle said. 'I think
an outside person really enforces the message
to the kids that 'Maybe, I am worth it.'"
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Mentoring
Program Brings Success To Western Students
The Daily Record, April 24, 2003
"As
a 13-year-old, David Perdue was a struggling student.
Being somewhat shy and a loner, the eighth-grader
said he made the mistake of hanging with the wrong
crowd. As a result, he got suspended from school
for having alcohol on campus and frequent fighting.
The Harnett County Juvenile Services received
his case and recommended David to the Governor's
One-On-One Volunteer Program of Harnett County...Fifteen-year-old
David is now a high-achieving student in his class,
has chosen better friends and has an improved
personal outlook on life. He contributes his accomplishments
to lessons learned through the One-On-One program."
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Program Raises Girls' Grades,
Self-Esteem
The Dallas Morning News, April 21, 2003
"When
Bernadette Nutall and Dianne Robinson volunteered
as Big Sisters to girls in South Dallas more than
a decade ago, they noticed that girls didn't know
how to behave in social settings...The women decided
they needed to reach more than a few girls at
a time, so they started a mentoring program aimed
at teaching grade-school girls 'the things we
were taught growing up.'"
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