Incentive Mentoring Program

Headlines and Awards

Service Awards	News Headlines
Diversity Recognition Award Melissa Dattalo (IMP Mentor) received the Diversity Recognition Award from Dean Brody and the Johns Hopkins University Diversity Leadership Council	"It’s hard to believe that last year, Clarence failed five out of eight of his classes. He was barred from playing basketball, and was on the verge of being kicked out of Dunbar . . .”   Messner, Rebecca. "Can 'families' of mentors turn around troubled teens?" The Urbanite Magazine. Issue 48: June 2008.
Echoing Green Fellowship Semifinalist: IMP was selected from a record-setting pool of 1,500 emerging social change organizations as one of 347 semifinalistis.	"If something like this could be duplicated," says Dunbar principal Stephen Colbert, "if the city could invest money in more programs like IMP, the school system as a whole would be much better off."   Messner, Rebecca. "Offering Incentives to Stay in School." Johns Hopkins Magaizeine. June 2008.
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship 2008-2009: Helen Kinsman, Lara Kovell, Kathleen Lee, Matthew Peters, Kumar Senthil, Jeff Tosian	Once Upon a School "The Incentive Mentoring Program (IMP) was born out of Ryan and Sarah’s story. Ryan lived a typical suburban life until his first year of high school when his mom was in an accident . . ."   Once Upon a School Project #35: Incentive Mentoring Program
Albert Schweitzer Fellowship 2006-2007: Jordan Leyton-Mange, Eric Tan 2005-2006: Daniel Bowers, Melissa Dattalo, Romina Wahab 2004-2005: Sarah Hemminger	"Teens who are doing poorly in school often have extenuating circumstances that factor into their failure. Poverty, homelessness, domestic abuse, lack of parental involvement are just some of the situations . . . " Jackson, Kai. Interview with Sarah Hemminger (IMP Founder) and Judeith James (IMP Student). WJZ Channel 13 News. 20 Jan 2008.
SOURCE School of Medicine Student Group Community Service Award: Incentive Mentoring Program (2008)	"The Incentive Mentoring Program’s goal is to transform teenagers who are failing out of high school into Baltimore City's most valuable role models . . ."   "Partnership Spotlight: Dunbar Mentoring Project." Schools Monthly. Baltimore City Public School System. January 2008. pg. 21.
SOURCE School of Medicine Individual Community Service Award: Daniel Bowers (2007), Melissa Dattalo (2007), Sarah Hemminger (2005)	11 June 2007: "A Remarkable Partnership Sets High-Schoolers on New Path" 13 Feb 2006: "Inspiring a Turnaround" 9 Jan 2006: "Seven Recognized with MLK Jr. Community Service Awards [Sarah Hemminger]"
2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award: presented to founder, Sarah Hemminger	Winter 2006: "Dreaming Big: The Incentive Mentoring Program"