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TRAININGS
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Senate restores funding to
Mentoring Line Item
Late Thursday night the Senate passed its budget for FY 2010 and restored the Mentoring Line Item (7061-9634) to $517,320, available to mentoring programs through the statewide RFP process administered by the Massachusetts Service Alliance.
This victory was due in large part to the heroic efforts of Senate mentoring champions, Sen. Stan Rosenberg, who led the charge; and Sen. Jack Hart and Sen. Susan Tucker, who signed on to the amendment that kept mentoring programs a budget priority for the Commonwealth. This also would not have been possible without the impressive collective action shown by all of the mentoring programs that responded each and every time MMP asked for help and mobilized constituents.
In the next phase of the budget process, House and Senate leadership assign members to a "conference committee" to negotiate the differences between the House and Senate bills. Stay tuned for the next action alert as the process unfolds. |
Free summer match activities
June Jamboree
 The AmeriCorps Ambassadors of Mentoring will host the June Jamboree at Framingham College on Saturday, June 13 from Noon to 3:30 p.m. The day includes a wide range of activities for mentees ages 6 to 18 and mentors and program staff are also invited. For questions or more information, e-mail Allison Smith, or call her at 617.695.2473.
Cape League All-Star Game
Thanks to the generosity of the Boston Red Sox, MMP is  offering a great opportunity for matches to attend the 45th Annual Cape League All-Star Game at Fenway Park on Thursday, July 23, at 7:05 p.m. at Fenway Park. The game is presented by Under Armour, and the Fenway Park gates will open at 3 p.m. that day for autograph sessions with the all-stars, family entertainment, and a home run contest. To reserve free tickets for your mentoring program, please e-mail Alison Drew, or call her at 617.695.2475 by Monday, June 1. |
$123,971 in Recovery funding to help Ambassador program
After staff at MMP acted quickly to respond to an RFP issued  through the Corporation for National and Community Service as part of the Federal Recovery Act, MMP was awarded this $123,971 grant. It will reduce mentoring programs' cost to host an AmeriCorps member by 40 percent. The funding will also be used to add four Corps members to the 2009-2010 Corps, three of which will be placed in at least one of five target communities: Fall River, New Bedford, Worcester, Lawrence and Lowell.
MMP is grateful to the Massachusetts Service Alliance for providing guidance on the grant. |
 Mentors of Colors campaign
launch event June 2
There's a critical shortage of mentors of color and 3,000 Massachusetts kids on waitlists for mentors. MMP will help address this issue with the new Mentors of Color campaign, which officially launches June 2, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at Ryan's Lounge, UMass Boston.
Join us to celebrate this new initiative and learn the variety of ways you can help the campaign (and spread the message to anyone who might be interested)!
For questions, e-mail Chris McCue or call her at 617.695.2438.
Above: MOC campaign logo and future Web site |
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Welcome MMP's newest staff member
MMP is pleased to welcome Elena Sokolow-Kaufman as our new advocacy and development associate. Elena has several years of experience working in both fundraising and program management, with specific focus on youth development. Most recently, she managed a portfolio of youth-serving organizations at United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. She has a BA from Barnard College at Columbia University and an MPA with a dual concentration in nonprofit and public management from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.
She will be assisting with fundraising and advocacy goals to support MMP's network of programs. Contact her at eskaufman@massmentors.org or 617.695.2476. |
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