Our very own Alecia Rapp in the news !!

February 6, 2012
MMCCC AmeriCorps Program Supports Thousands of Mentoring Matches

For the second year in a row, a unique Michigan's AmeriCorps program is helping mentoring organizations from throughout the state to increase their capacity and support mentor/mentee matches. The Mentor Michigan College Coaching Corps (MMCCC) has placed 45 AmeriCorps members statewide to help enhance youth mentoring programs by providing mentor recruitment, training, support and evaluation. By increasing each organizations capacity, each MMCCC member assists with more than 50 mentoring matches for a total impact of more than 2,000 young people matched with mentors.

Like many AmeriCorps members, MMCCC members serve full-time with an organization for an entire year. In return for their service, members receive a small living stipend and an educational award. However, for members like Alecia Rapp, the true reward is getting to impact lives every day.

"I decided that I would love the chance to mentor a young person and started the process. I was then offered the position as the AmeriCorps member and Mentor Coordinator instead," explained Alecia. "I could not pass up this opportunity! Instead of helping one youth I was given the opportunity to help so many more." 
Alecia has been serving with the
HOPE Mentoring Program in Midland/Isabella County since September of 2011. Her program works with youth in foster care and Alecia has been touched by the courage of one young 13 year old in particular. "The young lady was new to our program and had not been in the foster care system very long. She was unsure if she wanted a mentor but ultimately decided she would."

Since beginning their mentoring relationship, the mentee has exhibited increased confidence and positive attitude. She is so happy now and her mentor feels the same way. The young lady recently told Alecia ""I believe that everyone should have a dream and should pursue it without letting their surroundings stop them. You cannot pick your parents but you CAN pick what you want your future to be." 
  

 

Mentoring Program and Coordinator Alecia Rapp in the News

February 6, 2012


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2012 SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME MINORITY STUDENTS

September 12, 2011

BILL GATES non-profit organization is giving away 1,000 scholarships for the 2012 school season --

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The Gates Millennium Scholarship Program (GMS) will select 1,000 talented students next year to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. Scholars will also be provided with personal and professional development through their leadership programs, along with academic support t...


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HOPE is in the NEWS!

April 27, 2011
Mentor Michigan has published an article highlighting HOPE's National Foster Care Month service project. Read the article directly below, or follow this link to check it out for yourself: http://www.michigan.gov/mentormichigan/0,1607,7-193--253990--,00.html


Why Your Program Should Get Involved in National Foster Care Month
Written by Jessica Chung, Mentor Michigan AmeriCorps*VISTA

During National Foster Care Month, Mentor Michigan encourages programs to find ways to
utilize mentoring-related even...
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Scholarship Opportunity ($2,500)

November 8, 2010

RARE Everyday Hero Scholarship Program RARE's mission is to inspire Michigan's youth to see possibilities through real-life examples of Everyday Heroes. At a time when society has lost sight of its real heroes and material things have replaced character as the currency for measuring success, RARE celebrates the lives and life lessons of everyday people in the workplace who through extraordinary commitment, integrity, selflessness, and courage are changing lives and  inspiring others. High sch...


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New initiative fosters student success

September 23, 2010

Some would say that life is a series of details; for college students, it is often viewed as a sequence of transitions – moving from one role and phase of life to another. A new initiative at Ferris State University is dedicated to focusing on these transitions and helping o...


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HOPE in the News: "Community gardens to provide fresh produce to those in need"

June 11, 2010
A news release is now on MMCAA's website. Check it out!!

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Foster Club All-Stars

June 6, 2010
Hello to my fellow foster care youth in Michigan. I am enjoying myself so far in Oregon. I had a long day of travel yesturday. I have training today that will be fun and exciting. I cannot wait to learn all the new things and to spend my summer with the eleven other amazing foster youth. I miss all of you and will keep you updated with all of my new exsperiences.
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Woman proves college is possible for foster kids

May 12, 2010

She'll offer help to others at conference

BY L.L. BRASIER
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story should have said an Arizona businessman created the scholarship that helped Cherish Thomas. This report is correct.

More former foster children in the state are attending college or trade school, overcoming enormous obstacles such as homelessness and poverty -- thanks, in part, to an aggressive push by universities, social service agencies and community lea...


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American Foster Kids Hold Out Hope

May 12, 2010

Brantwood Children's Home in Montgomery Alabama Hasn't Had A Single Adoption in Four Years

By Mark Strassmann

(To see the video click HERE)

(CBS)  The Brantwood Children's Home in Montgomery, Ala., is a place for kids from families broken beyond repair. They're all between 10 and 21 years old. All are available for adoption and looking for a loving home.

Will's a fifth-grader in his seventh school. He wonders what kind of family will adopt him, and how it will happen.

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