Warren
Partnership Builds Toward the Future
First graduate arises from Inspiring Minds program WARREN — A love for science blossomed into an interest in health care, leading Heaven Pough of Warren to become the first graduate of a nursing partnership between Inspiring Minds and Mercy Health’s St. Joseph Warren Hospital earlier this year. Pough, a 2016 graduate of Warren G. Harding…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Feeds a Need in Community
WARREN — Fighting through freezing temperatures, Carl Diggs, program director for Inspiring Minds, and volunteers worked to transport trays of food for families waiting to be served a hot meal Thursday afternoon. The Inspiring Minds Thankful Community Meal Giveback was hosted in partnership with Warren Kiwanis and the Trumbull Metropolitan Housing Authority at the Trumbull…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Raises Critical Money at Annual Gala
It’s a simple word that can be so complex. ‘Future’ is defined as a time that is to come…what’s going to happen. For so many kids growing up in Warren and Youngstown – where violence seems to know no bounds – it’s hard to imagine much of one. “We deal with a lot of single…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Helps City Students Prepare for Year
With the COVID-19 pandemic providing a challenging year for many students, Inspiring Minds has returned to offering a variety of services and assistance to students in Warren and Youngstown as they prepare for the 2021-22 year. Danajah Coleman, a high school instructor with IM who is a Warren G. Harding High School graduate and former…
Read MoreGala Supports Inspiring Minds
YOUNGSTOWN — When asked how much, on a scale from one to 10, Inspiring Minds influenced her decision to study nursing, Kaia Toles didn’t hesitate to come up with a number. “A 14,” said Toles, who’s attending Berea College in Berea, Ky., for that purpose. Toles, who also works at St. Joseph Warren Hospital, has…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Seeks Jobs for Young People
YOUNGSTOWN — Inspiring Minds is looking for local businesses and small companies to provide summer internships for area high school seniors and college students that will provide work experience in career fields of interest to the young adults. The four-year-old program provides eight- to 12-week summer internships designed to provide experiences in careers and provide…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Internships Lead to Jobs for Young Adults
WARREN — For Haley Davies, becoming a probation officer in Warren Municipal Court through the Inspiring Minds Summer Career Development Program has been a life-changing experience.It was not something the 23-year-old Leavittsburg resident expected to do, but when the opportunity arose to work in the city’s courts, she eagerly accepted it. Especially because, eventually, Davies…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Supports Students
WARREN — Amid the changes and uncertainty of the COVID-19 epidemic, a local nonprofit has found new ways to remain a consistent support system for under-represented Mahoning Valley youth. Inspiring Minds, with locations in Warren and Youngstown, has been offering after-school and summer enrichment programming for Valley students in grades K-12 since 2006, and has…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Building Headquarters in Warren
For more than a decade Inspiring Minds has been helping kids find a path to success and they’ll soon have a new place to do it. Founder and CEO Deryck Toles gave an update on their new facility which is a 25-thousand square foot building in Warren. Nearly one million of the 1.5 million dollar project has…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Fundraiser Takes A Journey Through Africa
WARREN, Ohio (Tribune Chronicle) — Inspiring Minds, a youth organization based out of Warren, held its annual gala fundraiser Saturday evening at the MetroPlex Expo Center with the theme “Journey Through Africa,” which is what this year’s graduates will have the opportunity to do. Inspiring Minds founder Deryck Toles told attendees of the fundraising event that this…
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