Jan. 6, 2011 -
PRLog -- Activities beginning with their Mentees participation at the KING CENTER’S YOUTH NONVIOLENCE EXPO - KINGIAN NONVIOLENCE IN ACTION at 11 am on Jan. 8, followed by a special Worship Service at SAINT PHILIP A.M.E. CHURCH, on January 16th, 2011 at 11 am. On December 19th the Mentees will provide dinner for patients at the Aflac Cancer Center. Other activities includes TEEN SUMMIT FOSTERING ACADEMIC & SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT on 28th, 29th & 30th, January 2011 . With the aim to foster academic advancement and increase social exposure, The Dukes Foundation sponsored Teen Summit will include tours of the campuses of South Carolina State & Claflin Universities in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the historic Drayton Hall Plantation and Patriot’s Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. The Summit &Workshop will be held at Scott’s Branch High School in Summerton, South Carolina. The Discussion topic will be; Taking Responsibility - "The price of greatness is responsibility."—
Winston Churchill. The Summit provides many avenues to help youth and adults become stronger leaders in their communities. Another goal of the summit is to listen to needs and challenges, to give everyone the opportunity to craft solutions to those needs.
This year’s National Mentoring Month programs includes emphasis on local communities to energize and empower non profit mentoring organizations to expand initiatives to increase the activities geared at rebuilding family and neighborhood structure.
Mentors help build young people’s character and confidence, expand their universe and help them navigate a path to success. Three million young people have a mentor, 15 million need a caring adult mentor in their lives.
National Mentoring Month is the time each year when our nation spotlights the importance of mentors and the need for every child to have a caring adult in his or her life. When you serve as a mentor you enrich your own life as much as you do the life of a child.
Horace Dukes, Chief Executive Officer of The Dukes Foundation remarked that “Each day you live, if you have not been a blessing to someone along the way, then your whole day has been a total loss.
In life, it is never what you keep but it is always what you give that makes the difference. So in doing so, always give your very best. For you see, it’s your signature.
THE DUKES FOUNDATION (CORPORATION)
, is an accredited 501 ©(3) Non Profit Service Organization that offers an effective mentoring program on a regular basis through support obtained from Professional, Business and Civic Organizations. Our mentoring program includes; Academic Coaching, Career Development Workshops, Wellness Sessions, Cultural Exposure Tours and Motivational Exercises that have contributed to the transformation of many lives. Bearing the acronym, D.U.K.E.S, Developing Urban Kids with Etiquette and Self-Esteem, DUKES FOUNDATION remain committed to using MENTORING to elevate social conditions and reduce the level of violence committed by teens.
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THE DUKES FOUNDATION (CORPORATION)
, is an accredited 501 ©(3) Non Profit Service Organization that offers an effective mentoring program on a regular basis through support obtained from Professional, Business and Civic Organizations. Our mentoring program includes; Academic Coaching, Career Development Workshops, Wellness Sessions, Cultural Exposure Tours and Motivational Exercises that have contributed to the transformation of many lives. Bearing the acronym, D.U.K.E.S, Developing Urban Kids with Etiquette and Self-Esteem, DUKES FOUNDATION remain committed to using MENTORING to elevate social conditions and reduce the level of violence committed by teens.
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