In Focus: Rockland

National Mentoring Recognition Day

January

Did you know that today is National Mentoring Recognition Day? Neither did I, until I received a letter from Gillian Ballard, who runs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County. As she point out, mentoring is just the right Rx for aiding communities, volunteering and joining in that spirit of service President Barack Obama highlighted in his Inaugural speech, and in his own actions the day before. (Today, we have an editorial about how you are volunteering, helping, making that good-faith payment to “the price and promise of citizenship.” Read here.) And, if mentoring sounds like a good place to start, there are plenty of opportunities in Rockland. Look here for information on Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland or call 845-634-2199. And folks, please post your ideas for volunteering on this blog entry, or in the forum chat at the end of today’s editorial — look for the headline, “So, what do you do?” Help others find ways they can join in helping our community prosper.

Here’s Gillian’s letter:

Today, Thursday, January 22nd is the acknowledged nationwide “Mentor Recognition Day”. This occasion honors individuals, whose acts of kindness and generosity help vulnerable children in our community succeed in their lives, and which effort has now become a recognized movement across the country.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Rockland County would like to extend heartfelt thanks to Mr. Scott Milich, owner of Starbucks Coffee Shop, New City. Through his cooperation, our organization was able to set up a public awareness table to offer not only its thanks to our community-wide volunteers but also to enroll its youth from single parent homes in need of a role model.

Cooperative spirit is an inherent attribute and intrinsic to our new President’s comments regarding communities coming together to improve and help the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Thank you to the staff at Starbucks for providing delicious pro bono coffee, thank you Scott for your invaluable support and thank you Rockland – our very own county – rich in a tapestry of diverse and multi-variable community spirits!

Most sincerely,

Gillian E. Ballard
Pres. /CEO

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 at 5:26 pm by Nancy Cutler.
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One Response to “National Mentoring Recognition Day”

andy stewart January 23rd, 2009 at 9:25 am
Volunteers? We love ‘em!! The Great American Cleanup in Rockland County takes place annually between April and May, coordinated by Keep Rockland Beautiful—volunteers receive trash bags, litter grabber tools and giveaways like t-shirts and tattoos, just for spending a few hours bagging trash from streets, parks and streamsides. Snap a group photo by your pile and leave the bags for the local highway guys to remove, and chalk one up for Mother Nature and pride in community. Call Andy at 845-708-9159 or krbexdir@aol.com for details. For a map of cleanup sites, including a whopper of an illegal tire dump that is VISIBLE FROM SPACE, check the KRB website http://www.keeprocklandbeautiful.org.

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