Pictures from Miles for SMILES

Wanted to post some pictures up from our VERY successful 1st Annual Miles for SMILES event!!

Ashley Bendiksen, Miss New Bedford sings the National Anthem as Jim Mathes and Nick Christ look on.

And the walking, running, biking, skating begins with our two SMILES mentor leading the pack!!!

SMILES match and mom stopping to drink some water

And finally, lunch is served by the crew from Dominos Pizza. Yum!

Mayor Lang's State of the City Address

Hi all,

Hope you're all staying dry on this cold, wet day. The SMILES team braved the elements today to attend Mayor Lang's Annual State of the City address. It's great to hear all the positive things happening in New Bedford, that you don't realize are going on when we're all so focus on our little pieces of the puzzles. We were excited that SMILES was recognized during the Mayor's speech as growing by leaps and bounds!!!

Stay dry!!!!

Miles for SMILES!

Miles for SMILES was amazing!!!  

Here is a link to a page a wonderful mentor of ours, David Weed, put together.  There are lots of pictures of the day's festivities.

http://www.gfrpartners.com/09MilesForSmiles.html

Miles for SMILES only 2 days away!!!

The weather on Sunday is supposed to be beautiful for our Miles for SMILES event!!! Don't believe us check it out...HERE :) I took a picture of the nice silicon bracelets we'll be handing out to our mentors and mentees at the event. They're awesome! We're all so excited about the event and can't wait to see the day unfold. Hope you'll all be able to make it out on Sunday to join us.

Miles for SMILES

SMILES 1st Annual Miles for SMILES event is coming up this weekend! We are all very excited to see this event unfold. Folks here in the SMILESoffice, Citizens Union Saving Bank employees, and MFS committee members have been putting lots of hardwork to put this great event together. Forecast says it's supposed to be nice and sunny!! Come out and spend the morning with us this Sunday.

Below is the info...

Miles for SMILES is a 3.6 mile walk/ run/bike/skate-a-thon to raise money to support the mission of SMILES! The event will be held at UMASS Dartmouth this Sunday, March 15th -- Registration starts at 9AM.

You can find our brochure, which has sponsorship and registration information, by clicking on the link below: MFS Brochure/Forms

Don't forget to tell your family and freinds about the event. Create a team of three or more and increase the fun!!

SMILES Exec Director featured on 90.9 wbru

Here is a link to a clip run on Boston's NPR station 90.9 wbru focusing on New Bedford's Waterfront economy. The clip features our Executive Director, Jim Mathes and his SMILES mentee, Jeff and Mayor Scott Lang. It's a great interview, check it out!!

CLICK HERE for interview

SMILES Mentor Fellowship

In our continued efforts to provide a well-rounded support system for all of our current mentors SMILES is holding Mentor Fellowship sessions in the month of March. Read below for details.

Topic: "Addressing Challenges with Mentee Behavior"

Date: Wednesday, March 25th
Time: 5:30 - 7:00PM
Location: UMASS Dartmouth, Room 117, Group 1

OR

Date: Thursday, March 26th
Time: 12:00 - 1:30PM
Location: UMASS Dartmouth, Library Browsing Area

R.S.V.P to mrivera@smilesmentoring.org or 508-999-9300

SMILES First Post

Hello all!

SMILES (SouthCoast Mentoring Initiative for Learning Education and Service) is a school based mentoring program whose mission is to help children realize their personal and educational potential through a large scale one-to-one mentoring effort.

SMILES Mentoring is excited to be starting this blog and we hope that all of you will read along, post comments and forward this blog to all who would be interested in joining us! We'll be keeping you updated on SMILES events, field trips, program openings and lots more interesting happenings. For current mentors, we're hoping this will supplement and enhance your mentoring experience. For others interested in the goings on we're hoping to give you a glimpse on how great our SMILES volunteers and students are in hopes that you'll want to join us in the near future!

Stay tuned!

~Marie-Frances Rivera
SMILES Mentoring Program

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