Celebrate Rising Stars Annual Fund Raising Event

Dallas, TX June 14, 2004 -- Mentoring Brother 2 Brother, Inc., a Dallas TX area based local non-profit organization held its first annual fund raising event, "Celebrate Rising Stars" Community Achievement Awards Gala and Auction on Friday, June 4, 2004. The event was well attended with about 300 guests and honorees. The gala and auction was planned to celebrate and honor the thirty-five at-risk young men currently enrolled in the Mentoring Brother 2 Brother program; in addition to honoring twenty-five African-American males who are making contributions to society through business, civic, community and religious affiliations or organizations from the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex area. The honorees that were attendance included:

Bryan Carter-Concord Baptist Church
Clifford Shaw-City of Cedar Hill
Darryl Thornton-DFW Airport
Demarcus McGaughey-In House Media Group
Donald Hill-City of Dallas
Dr. Donald Blair, MD-OB/GYN
Dr. Philip Williams-Buckner Baptist Benevolences
Hansel Cunningham-Independent Insurance Agent
Maurice Ambler-Blockbuster
Metric Manning-spiritgroove
Rick Jordan-Spiritual Advisor/Counselor
S. Michael Greene-Concord Missionary Baptist Church

The event was held at the Concord Missionary Baptist Church in Dallas and the outstanding master of ceremony was Pastor Steven Brown, Youth Pastor at Concord. Program highlights included award presentations to Chris Jennings-Jessie Armstead Award, Avery Lomax-Academic Award, Joshua Carroll-Citizenship Award, Quentin Roberson-Leadership and Zack Jones-Most Improved by the Mentoring Brother 2 Brother founders, Terrence Chase and Ray Schufford. Entertainment was provided by gospel group Psalms, a duo from the platinum recording group God's Property. Also entertainment was provided by Mentoring Brother 2 Brother participant, Christopher Moore who goes by the rap name lil Twist. Honoree and event co-chair Jesse Armstead of the Carolina Panthers provided a very inspirational talk to event participants to keep a positive attitude in all things even when encountering the obstacles life can present.

About Mentoring Brother 2 Brother, Inc.
The mission of the Mentoring Brother 2 Brother Program, Inc. is to provide positive role models that will develop leaders by instilling qualities such as: leadership, integrity, character, accountability, responsibility, discipline, and self-esteem to young men between the ages of six and eighteen. The Mentoring Brother 2 Brother (MB2B), program was created five years ago to mobilize these young men through personal empowerment, community service and educational tutoring to direct their paths away from the streets, gangs and prison by energizing them to become productive and responsible citizens that can and will constructively contribute to society. The Mentoring Brother 2 Brother program recently received a Proclamation from the City of Dallas, Mayor Laura Miller and Mayor Pro-Tem Donald Hill; and the MB2B program was also highlighted in the April 27, 2004 Dallas Morning News Metro Plus section.

The founders of Mentoring Brother 2 Brother, Inc., Terrence Chase and Ray Schufford have strong community, professional and family ties to the Dallas area. Both have devoted much of their personal time and resources to mentor over 500 young men in the South Oak Cliff area in the past five years. Terrence Chase, President of Mentoring Brother 2 Brother, Inc. is a native of Colorado has long been involved in community service and currently works as schoolteacher with the Duncanville ISD. Mr. Chase has a BA in Mathematics with emphasis in Elementary Education from the University of Northern Colorado. Ray Schufford, Vice-President of the organization is co-owner of the eighteen-year-old, Nice Look Barber Shop in Dallas. Mr. Schufford has BA in Business Management from Central Missouri State University and is also a nine-year veteran paramedic with the City of Dallas.

For more information regarding at the Mentoring Brother 2 Brother, Inc. organization contact Tamara Johnson with Proverbs Consulting at 817-466-1456 or info@MB2B.org.




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