Keyword: mentoring
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A legacy of CEOs: From Left to Right former President & CEO Jo-Ann Schofield (departed MENTOR Rhode Island 2023), new President & CEO Jeanine Achin, and former President & CEO Arlene McNulty (departed 2014)
From CEO to Spectator, the view is just fine
One morning in 2006, I walked into my office at MENTOR Rhode Island to find a voicemail from then CEO Arlene McNulty. She was in the middle of watching an episode of Dancing with the Stars when she … more
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Mayor, DiPetrillo join in appeal to recruit student mentors
Mentor RI is looking for volunteers in the City of Warwick for a job that takes up just one hour a week. According to Sandy Letourneau, Mentor RI program coordinator, the program is looking to … more
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GRADUATES CELEBRATE: The latest graduating class of the House of Hope Peer Mentor and Employment Training Program gather for a group shot following Thursday’s ceremony. (Warwick Beacon photo by Katharine Tracy)
Peer mentor program provides last step to those in recovery
Last Thursday, Warwick-based nonprofit House of Hope celebrated the nine graduates of their Peer Mentor and Employment Training Program. Graduates who were once homeless or recovering from … more
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JOINING THE TEAM: Jo-Ann Schofield , third from left, is pictured with Warwick Boys and Girls Clubs associate executive director Karin Cavanagh; executive director Lara D’Anduono and administrative assistant Caroline Mattos. (Submitted photo)
Mentor RI leader leaving, to fill post at Boys & Girls Clubs
After serving 26 years with Mentor RI, with the last ten years as President and CEO, Jo-Ann Schofield is moving on, but she won’t be going all that far. In a letter to friends of the … more
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RECRUITING TEAM: Sandy Letourneau, Mentor RI program coordinator, outlined the program for firefighters Thursday. Also pictured are L.A. Busteed, community engagement manager who is talking with Terry DiPetrillo, director of the Warwick Water Division. DiPetrillo is a mentor and helped set up the meeting at the Emergency Operations Center at Station 1. (Warwick Beacon photo)
Mentor program looks to recruit firefighter role models
Terry DiPetrillo, director of the Warwick Water Division, is back in elementary school three times a week. He isn’t teaching or standing up in front of a class. In fact, he’s taking three … more
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SILENT STEPS: Terri Brophy and Noah Carsten step through their routine during one of the weekly sessions at Dancing Feeling. The couple rehearses without music, which they said is playing in their minds as they cover the floor. (Warwick Beacon photos)
Star dancers of mentoring
“One, two, three, four, five, six,“ Mary Lucas says as she swings her hips first to the left and then the right while holding her arms above her head.  Mirrors surround her on three … more
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ALL FOR THE CAUSE: Program coordinator at Mentor RI, Pam Sherman, following a dip in Greenwich Bay during the annual Frozen Clam Dip. Pam, who worked for the agency for 23 years died this fall. (Submitted photo)
Mentor RI recruits for the dip and dance
The time of year has come for Warwick’s Mentor Rhode Island to start preparing to get their toes wet…and then to get them tapping. Mentor RI is a local nonprofit organization dedicated … more
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SAYING THANKS: The staff at MENTOR Rhode Island are joined by U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse who provided an $800,000 Congressional Directed Spending award. At Whitehouse’s right is Jo-Ann Schofield, president and CEO of MENTOR RI. (Submitted photo)
MENTOR RI awards $500,000 to support 21 mentoring programs
MENTOR Rhode Island is providing a total of $500,000 in funding support to 21 youth mentoring programs across the state through its new “Rhode to Success” initiative. The funds are part … more
Stars of mentoring
Eight celebrity dancers and their partners had an audience of 400 on their toes Friday for this year’s rendition of Dancing for the Stars of Mentoring at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet. Since first … more
THEY HAD IT DOWN: MentorRI’s community justice reform manager Chris Stewart and Rachael Mooney won the award for the most entertaining performance.
Mentoring stars sparkle
The power of dancing for the benefit of Mentor Rhode Island was on display in all its glory with shimmering, slides, splits and even a cartwheel Friday night at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet. Fact is, … more
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DANCE TEACHER: Noah Carsten, of The Dancing Feeling in Warwick, is Jessica Botelho’s dance instructor.
Rhode Island's 'Dancing with the Stars of Mentoring' is back in-person
When Jessica Botelho was a reporter for the Warwick Beacon over a decade ago, she first learned about Dancing with the Stars of Mentoring after doing a story about it. Now this … more
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With schools reopening, Mentor RI seeks to volunteers
By ERICA MacKNIGHT Mentor RI is looking for volunteer mentors for the 2021-2022 school year. Started in 1990, the program is designed to match Warwick students with volunteers from the community, who are screened and trained to serve as mentors. Jo-Ann more
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MORNING MUFFINS: It took only a moment for Joe Jolls to come up with “Stud Muffins” as the name for the family and friends team that ran the course and then jumped into Greenwich Bay.
Nippy, zip dip for Mentor RI
By JOHN HOWELL Jack Brennan knew what to expect. After all, on New Year's Day he visited Goddard Park Beach and, as tradition has it, stripped down to his bathing suit and ran into Greenwich Bay. Scores of people, if not more than 100, would have been more
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Frozen Clam Dip [Video]
  An icy Greenwich Bay doesn't deter a hardy group from raising funds for Mentor RI.   more
SNACK TIME: Students enrolled in the PAL mentoring program take a break from games and instructional videos to munch on some goodies.
Warwick PAL pilots new mentoring program
By ARDEN BASTIA Warwick Police Athletic League (PAL) is in its 50th anniversary this year, and there's no better way to celebrate than launching a new mentoring program. Officers from the Warwick Police Department are working alongside Warwick youth in more
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