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Cabral promotes mentoring as youth violence
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After the area's most recent wave of youth violence, Suffolk County Sheriff Andrea Cabral - who has long touted mentoring as an
Sheriff Cabral at Champions of Mentoring 2010 | effective prevention strategy - reached out to her media contacts, and invited MMP President and CEO David Shapiro to join her in discussing the importance of mentoring the youth in our community.
Together, Sheriff Cabral and David appeared on Jim Braude's Broadside show on NECN and Emily Rooney's talk show on WGBH. |
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Rosenberg's quick action leads to increased mentoring funding in Senate budget
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The Massachusetts Senate released their FY 11 budget recommendation the day before the Champions breakfast, and included funding
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Youth Mentoring Day 2010 | for mentoring at $100,000. Sen. Stan Rosenberg immediately filed an amendment to include mentoring at $250,000, the level that the Legislature had funded the line item prior to the Governor's veto last year. This amendment was co-sponsored by Senators Sal DiDomenico, Jack Hart, Anthony Petruccelli, Karen Spilka, and Susan Tucker.
Thanks to the collective, swift action of our programs and their networks, who rallied their own senators to sign onto the amendment, Sen. Rosenberg's heroic efforts led to the Senate funding mentoring funding at $250,000, a notable - yet not final - victory with two more steps remaining in the budgeting process. |
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Rodman adds funds to event & online auction tallies
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President of the Rodman Ride for Kids, Don Rodman, is generously giving a 10 percent match on both the final tally of MMP's Champions of Mentoring live auction, which raised $43,500,
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Champions of Mentoring 2010 | and the online auction, which pulled in over $11,000, for a total gift of over $5,000. Thank you Don!
Additionally, Don and the Ride for Kids are gearing up for its 20th anniversary Ride on Sept. 25 and MMP is one of its featured beneficiaries. Over the last 20 years, the Ride has raised more than $44 million in support of youth throughout Massachusetts. If you are interested in participating in the Rodman Ride, email Elena Sokolow-Kaufman at eskaufman@massmentors.org. |
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Record-breaking Champions tally
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We are proud to announce that this year's Champions of Mentoring was our highest-grossing ever, with a total haul of $225,000, almost 20 percent more than last year's event. Thank you to our sponsors, supporters, and donors!
Be sure to check out our great event pictures!
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Photos of Sheriff Cabral, Don Rodman & the Red Sox Mentoring Challenge banner courtesy of
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