Bibb County Mentors Project

Our Macon Promise Neighborhood intern, Takeyah, has been helping us blog about things happening in the Promise Neighborhood! Here's what she had to say about a few big events in our neighborhood:

Bibb County's Mentors Project had 20 out of 23 seniors graduate from high school this year. This is a record setting number of students with 87% of seniors in the Mentors Project graduating from high school. Additionally, two local students received National Merit Scholarships based on their academic achievements. One student was given a scholarship to attending Auburn University and another was given a scholarship to attend Georgia Tech. 

Read more here: http://www.macon.com/2012/05/27/2040333/eighty-seven-percent-of-mentors.html#storylink=cpy
ead more here: http://www.macon.com/2012/05/27/2040333/eighty-seven-percent-of-mentors.html#storylink=cpy
Read more here: http://www.macon.com/2012/05/27/2040333/eighty-seven-percent-of-mentors.html#storylink=cpy

Four free D.A.R.E. camps are available to children ages 9-15 this summer thanks to the Macon Police Department, Bibb County Schools, and Central Georgia Technical College (all MPN partners). During the free summer camps, Bibb county students can learn about drug and violence prevention. The camps will include free breakfast and lunch and a field trip! The schedule for the camps is as follows:

June 4-8: Appling Middle School

June 11-15: Weaver Middle School

June 18-22: Ballard Middle School

June 25-29: Central Georgia Technical College’s sports facility

According to the article, "For more information or to register, contact Macon Police’s Youth and Intervention Unit at (478) 803-2700."

"Actions like this are definitely what the Macon Promise Neighborhood stands for," said Takeyah. "In the MPN, they're basically striving to help the disadvantaged neighborhood become the ideal community to live in and the Mentors Project just proved it was possible." Read the full story here.