Take Stock In Children Of Sarasota County

 Sarasota     Florida

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In 1995, Don Pemberton, a school guidance counselor and Director of the Pinellas County Education Foundation, had a vision in his mind to educate Florida’s at-risk youth.

Today, Take Stock in Children is in all 67 counties in Florida. Take Stock in Children of Sarasota County, Inc. began in 1996 under the wing of a local non-profit and on July 1, 2002, became an independent non-profit 501(c)(3). The program currently serves over 200 middle and high school students in 19 schools in Sarasota County and 95 youth have graduated high school and attended post-secondary education.

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Mentors are the key to the success of our students. Mentors can positively change a young person’s life; studies have proven that youth with mentors are less likely to use drugs or alcohol, skip school or drop out of school.