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Brian Laskey has been involved with College Mentors for Kids for several years. In fact, he served as the Chapter President of the Purdue University Chapter of our program before coming on board as an associate program director. Brian's dedication to changing the lives of children, developing our college students into leaders and to growing personally are inspiring! He changed his career path after getting involved in our program and decided to work with us in the field of youth work instead of… Continue

After the initial call, a flurry of activity ensued. Calls from various departments within Martha Stewart's well orchestrated operation called to coordinate a field taping of our program in Indianapolis, PR efforts, travel to NYC and logistics. Every single team member that I interacted with was phenomenal. They care about their work and the people they bring onto the show and most importantly, they all connected deeply with the mission of College Mentors for Kids. Thank you to everyone!

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I was in the College Mentors for Kids conference room in Indianapolis with our treasurer, Randy Keeling, and executive vice president, Amanda Koushyar, planning financial scenarios for our upcoming executive committee meeting. All of the sudden, we hear our office "GONG" go off, louder than it ever has before. Randy, our treasurer, asked about the noise. We told him that is the gong that our team hits when there is good news to share. I opened the conference room door and our team was plastered… Continue

I am so honored to have been chosen as a winner in the Dreamers into Doers Contest! A special thank you to Martha Stewart and her amazing team for such a memorable and moving experience!

It has been a privelage to find a career that I am truly passionate about! If you shrunk the world's population down to 100 people, only one of them would have a college degree. College Mentors for Kids exists to ensure all children understand that higher education is a possibility for them.

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