Be a mentor!
- You could be the one-on-one relationship that every child needs and deserves! Students with mentors are 46% less likely to use drugs, 52% less likely to skip school and 55% more likely to go to college!
Volunteer for a career day!
- Represent your business or organization at our next career fair! Exposure to different career and life paths can help out student envision a different life for themselves!
“Adopt” a child for Christmas in July!
- Every summer, Communities In Schools of SWVA helps students in Bristol, VA, and Tazewell County, have a little brighter start to the school year. With the help and support of our communities, we are able to provide over 300 students with new clothes to start the school year! By “adopting” one of your students, you are the support that student needs to start the school year on a positive note!
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