Financial Aid officials serve during break
Acquanetta G. Donnell Jr.
News Editor
Issue date: 3/24/08 Section: Campus News
For Financial Aid assistant, Diane Washington and counselor Rikida Sims, spring break was a time for helping some children in the Nashville community.
Washington and Sims are volunteers for the Marketplace Mentor to a Child program offered through Preston Taylor Ministries.
The Preston Taylor Ministries is an after-school program in which volunteers from the community are allowed to help children in grades kindergarten through eighth, who reside in the Preston Taylor area.
During the Metro School system 's spring break, observed March 17-24, the ministry offered a marketplace mentoring opportunity for fifth through eighth graders that allowed the students to have a one on one experience with a volunteer.
The volunteers showed the student his or her workplace and enlightened them on their career.
This opportunity allowed students to gain knowledge on potential careers and what skills are needed for them to succeed in that respective career.
"This is my second year volunteering with Preston Taylor Ministries," Washington said.
In order to become a marketplace mentor, an adult commits to spend at least two to four hours a week with the child during the child's spring break.
"I really enjoy working with kids and I hope something I may have said or done may help them in the future," Washington said.
The two mentees were able to spend a day in the financial aid office and watch the interaction with TSU students as well as other co-workers.
"Even though this was my first year volunteering with this program, I really enjoyed spending time with these young ladies," Sims said. "I look forward to volunteering with them next year, this was a great experience."
Tiffany Currie, a junior business administration major from Detroit said, "I admire these ladies taking valuable time and spending it with these young ladies. This is so important for girls in today's society. I look forward to volunteering in this program one day."
The mentees were not available for comment Thursday afternoon.•
Washington and Sims are volunteers for the Marketplace Mentor to a Child program offered through Preston Taylor Ministries.
The Preston Taylor Ministries is an after-school program in which volunteers from the community are allowed to help children in grades kindergarten through eighth, who reside in the Preston Taylor area.
During the Metro School system 's spring break, observed March 17-24, the ministry offered a marketplace mentoring opportunity for fifth through eighth graders that allowed the students to have a one on one experience with a volunteer.
The volunteers showed the student his or her workplace and enlightened them on their career.
This opportunity allowed students to gain knowledge on potential careers and what skills are needed for them to succeed in that respective career.
"This is my second year volunteering with Preston Taylor Ministries," Washington said.
In order to become a marketplace mentor, an adult commits to spend at least two to four hours a week with the child during the child's spring break.
"I really enjoy working with kids and I hope something I may have said or done may help them in the future," Washington said.
The two mentees were able to spend a day in the financial aid office and watch the interaction with TSU students as well as other co-workers.
"Even though this was my first year volunteering with this program, I really enjoyed spending time with these young ladies," Sims said. "I look forward to volunteering with them next year, this was a great experience."
Tiffany Currie, a junior business administration major from Detroit said, "I admire these ladies taking valuable time and spending it with these young ladies. This is so important for girls in today's society. I look forward to volunteering in this program one day."
The mentees were not available for comment Thursday afternoon.•
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