On April 29th, our Shepherds community enjoyed a festive buffet breakfast at the Trumbull Marriott celebrating our 2023 Kolbe Cathedral Shepherds graduates and the successful completion of Shepherds' 24th year of Changing Lives...One Student at a Time.

Nine members of the Shepherds Class of 2023 and their mentors traded speeches of mutual appreciation and admiration. The graduating seniors all have plans to attend college in the fall (which you can view in the event program to the left) with substantial scholarships and financial support to make it possible.

Shepherds Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen students and mentors were able to see their own path and future through the accomplishments of our Seniors. (See video below) Congratulations to all!

A First Impression is Everything...

On April 26th, our Sophomores and Juniors attended an Etiquette Workshop given by "More than Manners". Students learned that modern manners along with dining etiquette increases knowledge and know-how. In years past, Shepherds alums have told us this was one of their most useful Shepherds workshops in their four years in the program. Students become educated, empowered and elevated through graceful, confident and mindful living from the classroom, dining room, to the conference room. In this workshop, our students learned all about the do's and don'ts of shaking hands, conversation, dining, writing thank you notes and more.

Shepherds Students Win at The Bill Mongovan Invitational

Out of 10 teams at the Bill Mongovan Invitational, Shepherds students Nyasha W., Mindy D. and Miranda T. won bronze in the girls 4x10 relay. Bill Mongovan was a long-time girls coach at Greenwich HS who was responsible for helping integrate woman into sports. Congratulations to our girls!

25th Anniversary Gala - Great Sponsorship Opportunities Available

The Board of Directors and the Educate & Empower Gala Committee are actively soliciting sponsors for Shepherds 25th Anniversary Gala, being held October 19th at The Inn at Longshore in Westport.

Gala Sponsorships from $500 to $50,000 provide great visibility for commercial and professional organizations at this event with over 250 high net-worth attendees supporting Shepherds plus on-line visibility for up to six months. Each sponsorship dollar raised also reduces the cost of the Gala and assures more funds flow to support more Shepherds students in the years ahead. Please visit our gala website at: shepherds.givesmart.com for more information.

Recent contributions have come from Carrubba, Inc. via Lisa Matson, PeoplesBank (MA) via Bill Bruno, Perfect Positioning via Mike Bentivegna, and Robin O'Neil Interiors via Jim O'Neil.

If you know of any business or individual who might be interested in sponsorship, please contact Jane MacDonald at jmacdonald@shepherdsmentors.org.

MAY 2023

Wednesday, May 24: Kolbe Cathedral Prom

JUNE 2023

Thursday, June 1: Kolbe Cathedral Class of 2023 Graduation

Thursday, June 8: KCHS End of Year Shepherds Pool Party 5:30pm-7:30pm (Click for more info)

All members of the Shepherds community - past and present - are invited to mark their calendars for the Shepherds 25th Anniversary Gala being held on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at The Inn at Longshore in Westport.

Shepherds only holds a major event like this every five years! It’s critical to building the financial resources to support more students over the years between events. 25th Gala Event Information

We have started to build our pool of prospective mentors for the incoming Class of 2027.

As of May 19th, we still need four women and two men for the incoming Class of 2027 at Kolbe Cathedral and one mentor for Notre Dame. 

Please invite your friends whom you think might be interested to check out Shepherds website, send us an email info@shepherdsmentors.org or call us (203) 367-4273 to discuss the opportunity to “change a life….”

Click here to fill out a Mentor Interest Form (or email the link to a friend!)