January 9, 2014

FRIDAY: GOV. MALLOY KICKS OFF CONNECTICUT MENTORING MONTH IN NEW HAVEN

(HARTFORD, CT) - On Friday morning, Governor Dannel P. Malloy, joined by other state and local officials, will hold an event with the Governor's Prevention Partnership at Truman School in New Haven to kick of Connecticut Mentoring Month. There are currently 180,000 youth statewide in need of a mentor. During the month, the goal is to recognize the great cause of mentoring and to raise awareness of the tremendous benefits associated with it. At the kick-off event, mentored students from Truman School will tell their stories about how mentoring positively affected their lives.

WHO : Governor Malloy, New Haven Mayor Toni Harp, Education Commissioner Stefon Pryor, Governor's Prevention Partnership President and CEO Jill Spineti, Truman School Principal Roy Araujo, Big Brothers Big Sisters SWCT Executive Director Ellen Tracy .
WHAT : Event to kick off Connecticut Mentoring Month .
WHEN : Friday, January 10, 2014; 11:30 a.m.
WHERE : Truman School, School Library; 114 Truman Street, New Haven.

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For Immediate Release: January 9, 2014

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