Wednesday, October 28, 2009, Cleveland, OH
Marcus Benard of Cleveland Browns Welcomed to Cleveland and Mentoring

FraserNet President Greg Williams, ESP client and Cleveland Browns, Marcus Benard, entrepreneur Charles Bibbs and former Cleveland Browns great Reverend Sam Tidmore, owner of Village TV Network in Cleveland, a diversity cable channel dedicated to identifying and addressing the concerns and issues of the Cleveland community

Following up on our Buffalo Meet & Greet in Buffalo, NY which introduced ESP client Ashlee Palmer of the Buffalo Bills to the Buffalo business, civic, educational and political community, including Mayor Byron Brown, State Senator Antoine Thompson, Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples, WNED President & CEO Donald Boswell, HSBC Bank First Vice President Thomas Beauford, Attorney John Elmore, Buffalo State Vice President Hal D. Payne, PR executive Kimberly Trent and a host of other influential members of the Buffalo community, ESP joined forces with George Fraser and the FraserNet organization to welcome ESP client and one of the newest Cleveland Browns, Marcus Benard to the City of Cleveland.

Rustin M. Lewis, President, National CARES Mentoring Movement, addresses a standing room only crown at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Cleveland

The evening's events were held in conjunction with the National CARES Mentoring Movement, the major initiative spearheaded by Susan Taylor, former Executive Editor at Essence Magazine and Thomas W. Dortch, President Emeritus of 100 Black Men of America.

Marcus Benard joined a host of Cleveland's finest in the unveiling of the national mentoring initiative, which has the support of Oprah Winfrey, Hill Harper, Denzel Washington and a host of organizations including, but not limited to, the National Urban League, the Links Incorporated, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Big Brothers & Sisters of America, Operation Hope, the NAACP, United Negro College Fund.

Rustin M. Lewis, President, National CARES Mentoring Movement, Thomas Dortch, President Emeritus, 100 Black Men, and NCMM founder Susan Taylor listen intently to the evening’s opening remarks offered by FraserNet CEO George Fraser


FraserNet CEO welcomes National CARE Mentoring Movement founder Susan Taylor who delivered a powerful message on mentoring to a standing room only crowd.

Seen at the scene: FraserNet CEO, George Fraser, FraserNet President, Gregory Williams, former Cleveland Cavaliers Jim Chones and Campy Russell, Judge Russell Adrian, Judge Gregory Clifford, Leonard Jackson, Commissioner of Athletics, Cleveland Public Schools, Hilton Smith, Senior Vice President, Corporate and Fox 8 News co-anchor, Wayne Dawson, Community Affairs, Turner Construction, Ralph Tyler, Managing Director and Chairman of Ralph Tyler Companies, an Architecture, Engineering and Construction and Program Management firm, PR guru Alex Boone, Cleveland Clinic VP Pamela Holmes, and Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones among many, many others. WIVB Buffalo's Jericka Duncan, Maurice Garner of Bolton-St. Johns, one of Albany New York's top lobbying firms and Buffalo PR pro Kimberly Trent, who participated in the Buffalo Meet & Greet for ESP client Ashlee Palmer of the Bills, traveled from Buffalo to Cleveland to join in the event.


Susan Taylor delivers her message on the need and value of mentoring  

The evening culminated with the commitment to support the Greater Cleveland CARES Mentoring Movement, co-founded by Ilinda Reese. CARES Circles are networks of individuals in each area who work together to recruit caring, committed adult to mentor our vulnerable young. The goal is to connect every at-risk youngster with a caring adult through existing youth-service organizations, using the proven-effective one-to-one or group-mentoring models. Every study available shows that mentoring works miracles and can give even our most challenged young person the vision and encouragement they need to heal and build happy, productive, self-sustaining lives.

For more information on the National CARES Mentoring Movement, please visit www.caresmentoring.com or call 404.584.2744


FraserNet President Greg Williams, ESP client Marcus Benard, and former Cleveland Brown, Reverend Sam Tidmore, owner of Village TV

 

The FraserNet team responsible for the successful program, Sunni Walker, Lisa Overton, Bria Rice and Pamela Clark.

 

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