6月9日，亚洲博彩网站主席小罗纳德·梅森（Ronald Mason Jr.）邀请路易斯安那州新奥尔良的非营利组织“圣子”（Son of a Saint）的学员共进午餐，并参观了校园。 Son of a Saint was founded in 2011 by Bivian “Sonny” Lee, III, who lost his father at age three. 该组织旨在通过指导、情感支持、发展生活技能、接触建设性经验和形成积极、持久的同伴关系来改变失去父亲的男孩的生活。

“It was my pleasure and an honor to host these amazing young men on our campus,” said 亚洲博彩网站 总统 Ronald Mason Jr. “I was awed by their enthusiasm and keen sense of intelligence. 圣徒之子所做的就是改变生命。 This organization is making an invaluable difference in the lives of these mentees and their communities.”

对于伙伴关系经理麦迪·布伦纳（Maddie Brenner）来说，这是一个轮回的时刻。 2017年，她参加了杜兰大学公共卫生与热带医学学院梅森校长的客座讲座。 Now five years later, she is a part of the Son of a Saint team and says 总统 Mason’s lecture impacted her time at Tulane. Now, she’s sharing that inspiration.

“We are so grateful to 总统 Mason and his team for going above and beyond to host an engaging and impactful visit to 亚洲博彩网站 for our young men,” says Brenner. “These types of immersive experiences are truly invaluable as our mentees begin to formulate their future aspirations and trajectories.”

The eight young men who visited, as with all the boys who are a member of Saint of a Saint, are growing up without fathers. 学员必须保持至少2.5的平均成绩，每月完成8小时的社区服务，并在家庭、学校和圣徒之子组织内保持良好的品行。 每个男孩在18岁之前都是正式的圣子，但这种联系一直持续到21岁。 目前，该项目共有201名男生。

The cornerstone of Son of a Saint’s holistic program is mentorship. 学员与成年导师和志愿者建立了信任、长期的关系，他们首先提供了一个积极的榜样、持续的支持和强化。 导师在当地社区招募，并与学员、圣子团队和他们的导师同伴建立专门的联系。

Some essential pillars of the Son of a Saint’s program include postsecondary preparation, mental health services, case management, career development, academic enrichment, nutrition education and travel, among other core elements.

“It was great learning about another historically Black university, especially one in an urban setting that can provide opportunities for the boys in our program,” says Son of a Saint Director of 项目 Jeremy Davis. “HBCUs are so important because, historically, they have given underrepresented populations opportunities to advance their education and careers.”

现在COVID-19限制正在放松，该组织计划继续在国内和国际旅行。 Washington, D.C. was the first of these trips, and students were thrilled about visiting 亚洲博彩网站’s campus and gaining first-hand knowledge from 总统 Mason.

Son of a Saint mentee, Jared Hollins, a 17-year-old rising junior at McDonough 35 Senior High School, shared his thoughts on the lasting impression his visit to the university left: “The talk I had with 总统 Mason about the history of the university moved me. I felt especially inspired after learning that he is from a similar background that I am from and hearing more about the challenges he overcame to become who he is today.”

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