MARTIN COMMUNITY ACTION, INC.MIGHTY MEN OF DISTINCTION PROGRAM

MCAI MIGHTY MEN OF DISTINCTION PROGRAM PURPOSE

TO USE INNOVATIVE TRAINING TECHNIQUES AND BLENDED METHODS

TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE HEAD START FATHERS/SIGNIFICANT MALES TO

EMPLOYMENT, CAREERS, EDUCATIONAL POSSIBILITIES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, ALONG WITH OFFERING A WIDE RANGE OF SUPPORT SERVICES

THROUGH COLLABORATING AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL, STATE AND

NATIONAL ENTITIES.

MCAI MIGHTY MEN OF DISTINCTION FUNCTION

THE MIGHT MEN OF DISTINCTION PROGRAM PROMOTES; EMPLOYMENT JOB TRAINING

CREDIT COUNSELING GED

CAREER READINESS CERTIFICATE COLLEGE PREPARATION HOUSING ASSISTANCE ADULT LITERACY

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AND SO MUCH MORE WITHIN THE PROGRAMS SERVICE COUNTIES OF MARTIN, PITT AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES HEAD START CENTERS.

MCAI MIGHTY MEN OF DISTINCTION PROGRAM MISSION

IS TO GENERATE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN

FATHERS/SIGNIFICANT MALES AND THEIR CHILDREN, EQUIPPING THEM

WITH SKILLS TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES BY GARNERING EMPLOYMENT

AND LIFE-LONG LEARNING, AND SIMULTANEOUSLY EMPOWERING THEM TO BECOME LEADERS AND CHAMPIONS

FOR THEIR CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY.

WHY SHOULD YOU BE INVOLVED WITH MCAI MIGHTY MEN OF DISTINCTION PROGRAM ?

BENEFITS OF FATHER FIGURE BEING IN THE HOME

NOW MORE THAN EVER, CHILDREN NEED THE PRESENCE AND GUIDANCE OF FATHERS/FATHER FIGURES IN THEIR LIVES. RESEARCH SHOWS CHILDREN WITH INVOLVED FATHERS ARE;

MORE CONFIDENT.

MORE EQUIPPED WITH HANDLING FRUSTRATING.

MORE INDEPENDENT.

HAVE HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM.

LESS LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE.

DAMAGE OF FATHER FIGURE MISSING IN THE HOME

RESEARCH SHOWS CHILDREN WITHOUT GUIDANCE OF FATHERS/FATHER FIGURES IN THEIR LIVES ARE;

85% OF CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS ARE FROM HOMES WHERE

THE FATHER ISN’T INVOLVED

71% OF ALL HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS ARE FROM FATHERLESS HOMES

85% OF YOUTH IN PRISON ARE FROM HOMES WHERE THE FATHER WASN’T

MCAI MIGHTY MEN OF DISTINCTION VISION

IS THAT EACH HEAD START FATHER/SIGNIFICANT MALE WILL BE

ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE NURTURING AND STRUCTURING OF THEIR

CHILDREN’S EDUCATION, LAYING A FOUNDATION FOR THEM TO BECOME

ACADEMICALLY PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE IN A KNOWLEDGE-BASED

GLOBAL SOCIETY, AS WELL TO BECOME ASPIRING LEADERS.

MCAI MIGHTY MEN OF DISTINCTION KEY PERSONNEL

MR. STEPHEN BOND RECENTLY HIRED AS MARTIN COMMUNITY ACTION, INC. MALE INVOLVEMENT SPECIALIST. MR. BOND WAS BORN AND REARED IN QUEENS, N.Y., GRADUATE OF FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL. HE RECEIVED HIS B.A, DEGREE FROM OLD WESTBURY COLLEGE AND M.A. FROM BROOKLYN COLLEGE. MR. BOND SPENT THE LAST 13 YEARS AS AN EDUCATOR IN ORLANDO, FL. IN 2007 AND 2009, HE WAS AWARDED THE “MINORITY EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR” FROM KISSIMMEE CHARTER ACADEMY. MR. BOND IS ALSO A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER OF FOUR CHILDREN.

CONTACT:

MR. STEPHEN L. BOND

MARTIN COMMUNITY ACTION, INC. MALE INVOLVEMENT SPECIALIST

PHONE: (252) 792-7141

ADDRESS: MARTIN COMMUNITY ACTION, INC. HEAD START

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE NORTH CAROLINA TELECENTER 415 EAST

BOULEVARD SUITE 130 WILLIAMSTON, NC 27892