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	<title>Discovering Options</title>
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	<description>Delivering Innovative Social Servies</description>
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		<title>Mentoring: A Connection</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One hour a week.  That is all that we require of volunteer mentors.  The truth is, the hour goes fast.  I always enjoy my time with the wonder child.  I know more now than I ever thought I could about &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2011/11/mentoring-a-connection/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2011/11/mentoring-a-connection/</link>
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		<title>Why Mentoring Matters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mentoring provides a wonderful opportunity to shift the view that a child has of the world, of adults and of their future.  It is much simpler than we all think to help expand the view of a child.  With your &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2011/10/895/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2011/10/895/</link>
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		<title>Mentor Round Table:  9/1, 6-7 p.m.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This event is open to all current and new mentors. We share information about our experiences as mentors, as well as exchange ideas about outings and individual strategies to engage children. Mentor roundtable provides support and dialogue! Please join us &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2011/09/welcome-to-your-new-loadedpress-site/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2011/09/welcome-to-your-new-loadedpress-site/</link>
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		<title>PREP is Important</title>
		<description><![CDATA[PREP is important because it is the best place to hang out. Also, we have a lot of fun and get to take a break from school. And another good thing is we get to confess everything in our life. &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/12/prep-is-important/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/12/prep-is-important/</link>
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		<title>You Make the Impact</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mentors often mention feeling unsure about whether they are having an impact on their protégés. You cannot spend time with another individual without impacting each other in some way, to some degree. You can make a concerted effort to assist &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/10/you-make-the-impact/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/10/you-make-the-impact/</link>
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		<title>Guest Blogger: Cierra Smith</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear to whom it may concern, PREP is really fun it helps me become a better person. Other kids should take PREP because you will learn to do right like not to smoke. It also teaches you to be better &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/08/guest-blogger-cierra-smith/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/08/guest-blogger-cierra-smith/</link>
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		<title>Guest Blogger: Caroline Crocker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Becoming a mentor with Discovering Options has been a great experience. I feel blessed to be a part of my protege&#8217;s life. He is an amazing boy with so much potential. His family has been extremely welcoming of me and &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/08/guest-blogger-caroline-crocker/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/08/guest-blogger-caroline-crocker/</link>
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		<title>The Pedestrian</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The light turned red, so I pulled up to the crosswalk and brought my car to a stop. A young man, maybe 16 or 17 was crossing the street. He walked without purpose and took a deep drag off what appeared to &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/07/the-pedestrian/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/07/the-pedestrian/</link>
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		<title>The Best Things Are Free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Activities in which mentors and protégés can participate together are always floating around in my mind. Discovering Options provides a list of suggestions mentors can use as activities for their weekly meetings with their kids. We also provide a schedule &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/05/the-best-things-are-free/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/05/the-best-things-are-free/</link>
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		<title>It Really Does Take A Village</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are so much more than an organization that delivers after school programming. I really feel like we have become a part of the community we serve. In addition to expanding, renewing and enhancing the Mark Twain Commumnity garden, we &#8230; <a href="http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/04/it-really-does-take-a-village/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.discoveringoptions.org/2009/04/it-really-does-take-a-village/</link>
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