Mon, 03/13/2017, The River City News The Newport Business Association named its new officers, board members, and handed out honors to local businesses and individuals at its celebration in February. “This kind of takes my breath away,” said City Manager Tom Fromme in accepting the Community Leadership Award. “The success we’ve had and the success […]
Volunteer NKY is a movement to encourage social service volunteerism in Northern Kentucky. People helping people is their tagline. This movement started in 2015 when the Life Solutions Network hosted its first volunteer fair at the Life Learning Center. It was a small event that prompted bigger thinking. The Planning Team developed the following Vision: […]
A special announcement from Nikki Fangman of Mebs & Associates, a long-time partner in mental health services for Mentoring Plus teens. She is also the Executive Director of local charity Survive and Thrive, a collaboration of professionals in the Northern Kentucky area committed to the enhancement of children’s lives. Please join us in an adult […]
Teens in the Tuesday Plus group are “getting their fill” in a new skill area, and having a lot of fun doing it! In February and March, the Campbell County Cooperative Extension Service is sending Melissa Pilcher, Nutrition Program Assistant, to our Program to work with our youth to “help them eat better and to […]
By Belle Zembrodt, MS, LPCC NKU Honors Program Interim Director 1. College is not the same as high school. There is a lot more freedom in college than high school but with that freedom comes responsibility. In high school you spend about seven hours a day in class with a teacher telling you what to […]
by Judge Michael “Mickey” Foellger Our program grows and gets better at its purpose of “guiding kids” by improving our ability to “support families” through our new Parent/Caregiver Support Group. The pilot program, which started last fall, offers two on-site meetings per month during regular youth program hours. Mentoring Plus is most pleased to welcome […]
HYPE Cincinnati (Harnessing Young Professional Energy) made arrangements for a fundraiser for Mentoring Plus at the Cincinnati Cyclones game on Jan 11. A portion of all tickets sold in our designated section came back to Mentoring Plus. We took a group of our kids to the game and they got to play “Big Ball” on […]
by Kevin Kennedy I think it is part of our human nature to want to control our destiny. Whether in our own lives or with our children, other family members or friends – we strive to be happy and content and we want that for our loved ones. We feel very strongly in this way for the […]
When Ben* started at Mentoring Plus at the age of 12, he desperately wanted a mentor. Life had been difficult – full of troubled relationships and trauma – so Ben naturally wished and hoped for “someone, anyone, to talk to.” Like any new experience, he was “mellow” about it at first, but eventually became comfortable as […]
ONE YEAR AGO, Masius addressed an audience of over 200 supporters at the annual Seeds of Hope event: “My name is Masius; before I started Mentoring Plus, I lived in Alabama and moved to Cincinnati when I was 15. I felt like, in this place, I had been given up on. Like I didn’t belong […]