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Inspiring Minds Widens Reach Here, Nationwide
WARREN – Inspiring Minds, a community organization that shows young people the possibilities that await them, last year increased its enrollment in the Mahoning Valley and expanded to three other cities. It will add six more chapters this year. The Warren chapter experienced a full-circle moment when it hosted its annual gala in its own…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Regroups And Rebuilds in 2022
WARREN, Ohio – After the pandemic and three devastating floods at its Warren headquarters, Inspiring Minds focused on regrowth in 2022. “The pandemic challenged our access to students, resources and opportunities. But losing everything in the floods challenged our ability to serve our community,” says CEO Deryck Toles. Despite the setbacks, the organization continued to…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Striving For More Impact in 2022
WARREN, Ohio – What began in 2004 with four students meeting monthly with Warren native Deryck Toles to help with homework has evolved into an organization that has touched the lives of more than 5,000 young people through its after school and summer enrichment programs Over the last 15 years, Inspiring Minds, a nonprofit organization…
Read MoreInspiring Minds Adds Chapters
YOUNGSTOWN – The Warren and Youngstown chapters of Inspiring Minds, an after-school program for high-schoolers, partnered with chapters in Philadelphia and New York in 2020 to offer virtual programming amid the pandemic. The year culminated with the first national Inspiring Minds Youth Conference, which brought hundreds of students from around the country together to engage…
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 Widens Its Reach in 2018
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (The Business Journal) – Inspiring Minds reports a bumper 2018 with 600 students enrolled in programming, its largest senior class since it began in 2006, more than 15 colleges visited, $18,000 in scholarships awarded to college-bound seniors and a new website. But the highlight of the year was the organization’s first international exposure trip that…
Read MoreWarren Schools’ Hall of Fame Celebration Marks 25 Years
WARREN (Tribune Chronicle) — Seven distinguished alumni and two distinguished faculty inductees joined more than 225 members of the Warren High Schools’ Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame Saturday. This year, which was the 25th anniversary, was marked by the annual awards dinner celebrating the individuals whose performance and achievements have reflected well on the city…
Read MoreEGCC Grads Encouraged To Be Their Best, Dream
OFFERING ENCOURAGEMENT (Herald Star) – Deryck Toles offered advice and encouragement as keynote speaker at Eastern Gateway Community College’s 48th commencement program Saturday at Franciscan University’s Finnegan Fieldhouse. Since retiring from professional football, Deryck Toles has encouraged hundreds of disadvantaged youth to overcome obstacles and pursue their dreams. And as keynote speaker for Eastern Gateway Community…
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