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By Linda DeVries North Eastern Wisconsin Mentoring Coalition (NewMc) has a big goal for January - to recruit 2,500 volunteer mentors for at-risk children throughout Northeast Wisconsin. "Every child needs a caring adult, and we have such a large waiting list," said Dcn. Rick Simon of St. Pius X Parish, Appleton, and a founding member of the coalition. After three teenagers died in Appleton's Plamann Park in 1995, Dcn. Simon and other members of the Fox Cities Juvenile Task Force invited representatives of educational, human services and law enforcement organizations to suggest ways the business community could play
a constructive role in reducing violent behavior in troubled youths. Mentoring was the group's top recommendation as a response to the breakdown of families and negative influences in society. Full story ...
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