Take Stock In Children is a non-profit program that provides deserving low-income children in our community with scholarships to college or vocational school, guidance from caring adults and hope for the future. Since 1995, Take Stock has enrolled thousands of children statewide, and 96% of them have remained committed to the program.
To be in the program, children must:
Be selected between the 6th and 8th grades by a committee of teachers and community representatives
Sign a contract agreeing to stay drug- and crime-free
Maintain satisfactory grades
Exhibit good behavior in school
Have a financial need and be determined to succeed
Upon graduation from high school, each student who has honored the Take Stock In Children commitment receives a scholarship for four years of college tuition or two years of vocational or technical education.
WHO MENTORS?
Lots of people do!
Governor Jeb Bush
Lieutenant Governor Frank Brogan
Insurance Commissioner Tom Gallagher
Business people
Retired persons
Military personnel
Firefighters and police officers
Stay-at-home parents
Many others who are willing to donate an hour of their time!
BECOME A MENTOR
As a mentor, you:
Meet once a week with your student for one hour at the child's school
Become a friend, tutor and role model
Help build a child's foundation of basic values
Assist your student in setting goals and attaining them
Guide a child towards an education and away from drugs
Give a child hope for the future
Your weekly mentoring session will take place on the school campus at a time that is convenient for both you and your student. In addition, you'll have the support of Take Stock throughout the mentoring process.
You can get involved by mentoring a scholarship recipient for one hour a week at one of our local school sites, or help to sponsor a scholarship for a Nassau County student by making a financial contribution to Take Stock In Children of Nassau County.
Scholarships. Mentors. Hope.
When you support Take Stock In Children, you help to provide these things and so much more to deserving low-income students and their families. To find out more about how you can support Take Stock, please call at (904) 321-2000.