MLK Award Winning Program Needs Volunteer Mentors

MLK Award Winning Program Needs Volunteer Mentors
Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate Recognized with Bridge Builder Award


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In the days and weeks beyond Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, members of the Chapel Hill and Carrboro community must ask themselves how they will work to keep King's dream alive. Please consider doing your part by becoming a mentor with the Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate program. You can make a difference in the life of a promising child.

On Sunday, January 16, 2007, Blue Ribbon Mentor-Advocate was honored with a Bridge Builder Award by the MLK University/Community Planning Corporation. In presenting the award, Ms. Lillian Lee cited BRMA for "recognition of work and leadership to eliminate barriers based on race/ethnicity, religion, and social and economic conditions among the diverse communities of Orange County."

BRMA Program coordinator Graig Meyer says "I believe BRMA is walking in Dr. King's footsteps by bringing together people across lines of difference. As our volunteers, students and their families build relationships, the social fabric of our community becomes more closely knit together. The power of mentoring allows anyone to contribute towards fulfillling King's dream and closing the achievement gap. "

Please consider joining over 80 other community members as a volunteer in this award-winning program. New volunteers are being recruited now to begin training and service in early February. For more information, contact Graig Meyer at gmeyer@chccs.k12.nc.us or 918-2170x1. Visit the program's website at www.chccs.k12.nc.us/brma