Tampa Bay Times writer Claire McNeill profiles Eckerd’s latest program: Friends of the Children. The program provides vulnerable children in Tampa Bay with full-time, long-term paid professional mentors. Eckerd is the first to offer this program specifically to children in the foster care system. Read the entire article at:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/eckerd-brings-innovative-new-mentoring-program-to-kids-in-child-welfare/2199490
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