November 25, 2013

MaLisa Jones, compliance support specialist at Good Samaritan, volunteered as a mentor for students in the YMCA Black and Latino Achievers Program.

The program, which TriHealth sponsors, targets career-oriented adults to help the YMCA engage teens in hands-on learning that emphasizes college readiness, career exploration and leadership development. The program includes workshops, college tours, Toastmasters and more.

Each year, hundreds of area students are changing the direction of their lives, growing spiritually and intellectually because they are a YMCA Teen Achiever. Since the program's beginning, it has awarded more than $200,000 in scholarships, assisted youth with more than $4 million in awarded scholarships and engaged more than 4,500 adult volunteers through a network of corporate and community partners.