COLUMBUS, Ind. – The iGrad program will host a volunteer appreciation lunch in celebration of National Mentoring Month.
The lunch will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Columbus Learning Center, and will bring together iGrad volunteer mentors and tutors.
“There is a powerful mentoring effect demonstrated by research and the experiences of young people who are connected to a mentor in real life,” said Laurie Dickerson, Director of the iGrad Program.
iGrad was started as an initiative three years ago through a partnership of Bartholomew County School Corp., Flatrock-Hawcreek School Corp., the Community Education Coalition, Cummins Inc., and Ivy Tech. The goal of iGrad is to raise the high school graduation rate in Bartholomew County to 100% by 2017.