A Nonprofit Organization Dedicated to Helping Children
MCM has been successful in coordinating several life-skill and job training workshops aimed to reach disadvantaged young adults.
Since its inception, MCM has held annual events at local community centers and churches serving hundreds of youth and young adults in the areas of proper etiquette, finances, and job readiness skills such as, but not limited to, interviewing techniques and preparing resumes.
MCM also hosts annual “Back to School” drives, providing area students with backpacks and school supplies. MCM Foundation hosts annual “Bowl-A-Thon” events to increase cancer awareness in our community by offering breast and prostate cancer screenings for at-risk individuals.
MCM believes in partnerships. MCM is currently a partner with RFC Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides mentorship, college scholarship opportunities, trade school tuition assistance, and on-the-job training with Shelby County businesses to children in the foster care system.
MCM has also forged alliances with other auxiliary organizations within the community by volunteering time as mentors during the summer and after-school hours to assist where needed.
In preparing for a bright future, MCM plans to expand its efforts in developing a formal mentorship/apprenticeship program in which young adults are paired with seasoned mentors and/or companies offering work apprenticeship opportunities.
These opportunities will continue fostering the development of those youths that entered the program, thus reinforcing important values learned.
MCM recognizes that the transitional years from adolescence to adulthood are critical for success. Therefore, it is essential to make opportunities available and more accessible to the community at large to make a bigger impact.
For many children and young adults, sports and recreation mean playing in the streets, sitting at home playing video games, or simply having no real sense of direction. So, the stage is set for the lives of children in our community to be impacted in a powerful way through the commitment and compassion of the Mentors Changing Minds Foundation.