The Mentors Care Podcast
Join Dena Petty, founder and executive director of Mentors Care, a highly successful high school mentoring program. In each episode, journey inside the passion and impact of Mentors Care. This podcast is full of remarkable people with amazing stories told by its mentors, school administrators, public servants, business owners and even former students of the program. Be inspired to encourage action, hope, and a brighter future.
Episodes
19 episodes
Ep.18_Midlothian, Manna House and Mentoring (Norma Belcher)
Dena Petty sits down with with Norma Belcher, founder of the Manna House in Midlothian, Texas. Norma's spirit of love for others is inexhaustible and contagious. She shares how she joined the Mentors Care movement for several...
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Episode 18
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22:44
Ep.17_Meet Dena's Mentor (Pastor Bruce Prindle)
Dena Petty comes full circle when she interviews her own personal mentor and one of Mentors Care’s founding supporters more than 11 years ago. Her conversation with Lead Pastor Bruce Prindle of First Baptist Church of Midlothian r...
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Episode 17
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37:08
Ep.16_John Maxwell's Leadership Laws (Carolina Donis-Lockwood)
Host Dena Petty sits down a leadership guru from Guatemala! Now a transplanted Texan, Carolina Donis-Lockwood is an international conference speaker, attorney, and counseling psychologist with almost two decades of experie...
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Episode 16
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37:24
Ep.15_Why the Blue Backs Mentors Care (Glenn Heights Police Chief Vernell Dooley)
Host Dena Petty sits down with one of Mentors Care's most visible volunteers--Vernell Dooley. He's the Chief of Police in Glenn Heights and serves as a...
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Episode 15
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27:09
Ep.14_On Course Interviews, Shout Outs and Stories (Inaugural Charity Golf Tournament)
Fore!...Mentors Care just wrapped up its Inaugural Charity Golf Tournament at Mira Vista Country Club (Ft. Worth). It was a huge success as dozens of supporters, volunteers and coordinators and mentors joined together on the golf links to raise...
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Episode 14
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23:54
Ep.13_Loving, Listening and Life Coaching (Leisha Crowe)
Leisha Crowe is a long time mentor of Mentors Care. She is a graduate of Midlothian High School and owns her own Remax Real Estate Company. She shares the importance of giving back to the community.Leisha found out about Ment...
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Episode 13
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20:03
Ep.12_The Real Reason Why I'm in Real Estate (John Houston)
Dena interviews someone you are likely familiar with because not only is he the founder and CEO of John Houston Custom Homes overseeing the planning and development of more than 600 single-family homes a year but he is the founder of a number o...
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Episode 12
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22:16
Ep.11_How My Story Shows the Power of One Hour (Midlothian HS graduate DaShandra Newton)
DeShandra Newton, a former Mentors Care student, shares her story of perseverance and never giving up, a motto she lives by. She has received a Bachelors's and Masters's degree from Tarleton State and is currently working for Capital One. ...
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Episode 11
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25:11
Ep. 10_The Passion Behind Public Service (Asst. Supt. Karen Fitzgerald)
In this episode, Dena Petty sits down with Karen Fitzgerald, Assistant Superintendent of Communications and Strategic Operations for the Midlothian Independent School District. Raised in a family of educators, Karen has a ...
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Episode 10
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36:33
Ep.9_From Hiding in the Classroom to Helping Students Find their Calling (AT&T VP Field Ops, Charlie Hubbard)
Charlie Hubbard, Vice President of Field Operations Midwest with AT&T shares his journey with us from climbing on telephone poles to the climb in a well known and successful company. From the time he could, he threw newspapers and alw...
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Episode 9
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30:58
Ep.8_I Should Have Been a Statistic (Midlothian HS graduate LaDesha Jones)
In this inspiring and heart-warming episode, Dena Petty talks to former Mentors Care student LaDesha Jones (class of 2020). LaDesha's story of survival and triumph sheds light on the dark secret of domestic abuse. Join us to hear L...
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Episode 8
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31:04
Ep.7_Building the Bridge to Relational Reconciliation (Pastor Demetrius McClendon)
In this bonus episode, Dena Petty talks with Lead Pastor Demetrius McClendon of One Church (Midlothian, Texas). The African-American preacher--better known as Pastor “Mac” to his friends and parishioners...
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Episode 7
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25:29
Ep.6_On Assignment to be an Advocate (Leslie Deen)
Executive Director of Ellis County Children's Advocacy Center Leslie Deen shares with us how to work with children in crisis. Recently, she conducted a training session for Mentors Cares volunteers titled Resilience where...
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Episode 6
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25:18
Ep.5_A Guaranteed Return on Investment (Entrepreneur Charles Frame)
Charles Frame, an entrepreneur with a heart for serving others, shares the value and importance of building relationships. Serving on the School Board for Maypearl Independent School District for 15 years, Frame has witnessed the difference tha...
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Episode 5
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23:48
Ep.4_Mentoring the Mentors (Coordinator Sarah Martin)
Licensed Masters Social Worker and Mentor Coordinator Sarah Martin shares her passion for helping troubled young people make their buried hopes for the future into reality. As a volunteer mentor for Mentors Care in its infancy, Sar...
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Episode 4
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19:57
Ep.3_Sharing the Playbook to Life (NFL QB Bryce Petty)
This episode could be called “All in the Family” as co-host Dena Petty sits down with her son Bryce. Many sports fans will recognize the name Bryce Petty: retired NFL quarterback for the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins; and star player at Bayl...
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Episode 3
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42:04
Ep.2_One Small Town's Huge Turnaround (Ferris HS Principal Andru Gilbert)
Ferris High School (Ferris, Texas) just wrapped its first year of having Mentors Care on its campus. Even though the COVID-19 crisis cut short the school calendar, Principal Andru Gilbert (who also just finished his first year at Ferris HS) wit...
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Episode 2
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34:52
Ep.1_Launching a Mentors Movement (Founder Dena Petty)
In our first episode, you’ll meet our two co-hosts: Mentors Care Founder Dena Petty and Development Coordinator Summer Backstrom. Before they start interviewing the amazing people who are part of the Mentors Care family in future episodes, Summ...
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Episode 1
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Trailer: Former NFL QB Bryce Petty introduces the Mentors Care Podcast
We asked former NFL QB Bryce Petty to introduce the Mentors Care Podcast to our audience because of his unique connection to one of the most innovative and successful mentoring programs in the state of Texas. Mentors Care believes in th...
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