From Antonia

Dear Friends & Family:

As most of you know (by virtue of my constant emails and chatter), since the fall of 2005 I have been volunteering for an amazing organization called iMentor. My first mentee was named Claudia, she is now engaged and living in Brooklyn. For the past two years I’ve had the pleasure of spending way too much time emailing and texting with Princess-Joy. She has even dragged me into the Facebook world where you can see lots more photos of us.

“The Ask” . . . So here it goes, my pitch to all of you and why you should send your hard earned dollars, euros and pounds (would that we could send the ones from our bellies):

1. If you donate $200 that will still be less than a pair of Costanca Basto shoes.
2. iMentor is a really great organization that helps youth grow in positive ways that support our very-fragile world.
3. Beautiful karma will rain down upon you.

Just recently I was asked to join the Young Executive Board, so now I really have to raise some money! I have a fundraising goal of $3,000, which is the cost to support 3 mentor-mentee pairs for the program year. No amount is too little and any support is appreciated!

Many thanks to everyone-my uncle, my friends, my parents, Devon Road Posse, Marcus Aurelius - who gave their money and time last year.

Best wishes!

Antonia

About iMentor: iMentor matches NYC professionals with high school students from low-income areas of the city. Mentors and mentees communicate weekly through email and then they meet in-person at events held all over the city. So far I’ve attended four of these events, each one a great deal of fun, and each one with its own stories.

About Princess-Joy: Princess is a junior at Bronx Prep where she LOVES wearing the uniform. Ha! In the long run she wants to get into the music business, so we are currently looking at various colleges with good music production programs.