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Volunteers and friends of CISNT from across North Texas will gather on May 17^th at 7pm at the Omni Park West Hotel in Dallas for “Celebrating Successes”, presented by EDS.  Celebrating Successes recognizes the outstanding accomplishments throughout the year that gave students at-risk of failure the opportunity to stay in school and succeed in life. 

This year CISNT will be honoring a variety of exceptional achievements in the “gallery of success” and presenting awards to our Advocate of the Year, Texas State Representative Myra Crownover; Community Partner of the Year, The Village Church, Business Partner of the Year, General Electric; Educator of the Year, Lakeland Elementary School 5^th Grade Teacher Laura Massey; and Volunteer of the Year, Richard Huckaby.

CISNT congratulates Representative Crownover, Mr. Huckaby, Ms. Massey, The Village Church and General Electric for the vital role that each of these winners played in helping at-risk students across north Texas!

If you want to attend this special event, visit www.CISNT.org for RSVP information!

Six years is a long time to commit to mentoring a child.  But that’s the kind of commitment CISNT volunteer mentors possess.  Last Friday, CISNT celebrated another great year of mentoring in our dropout prevention program at Tomas Rivera Elementary School in Denton ISD.  Brenda Bennett, our Campus Manager at Rivera, with the help of our friends from State Farm Insurance, treated the mentors and their students to her annual ice cream party!

CISNT Mentors from the Denton County DA Office, The Village Church, FEMA, UNT, TWU and across north Texas all share one vision - to make a difference in a child’s life at Tomas Rivera.  It was amazing to look across the room and see the vast differences among our mentors - all ages, a variety of walks of life, interesting people who were all deeply admired by the student they mentor. 

Walking around the room it was clear that the relationships that have been built over the year, or over the years, are very important to each student. 

One Brenda Bennett at Tomas Rivera that coaches, supports and encourages 70 volunteer mentors who change 70 lives.  That’s Communities In Schools of North Texas at its best!