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HEY THERE, I'M EUGENE MARISSA
-- EUGENE MARIA REYES -- EUGENE
RAMIREZ.
WILL SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE
STATE OF FLORIDA DUE TO A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY.
HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID TO
UPPER 80s WITH MIAMI AND TAMPA
A LITTLE BIT COOLER WITH
JACKSONVILLE IN THE LOW TO MID
70s.
FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC, WE ARE
SEEING LOW 70s AND 69 IN
BOSTON.
AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE MIDWEST,
69 IN MINNEAPOLIS, 70 CHICAGO,
UPPER 70S% -- KANSAS CITY,
HOWEVER, A LOT OF RAIN AND
WINTRY MIX WITH 60s IN SEATTLE
AND PORTLAND.
A HIGH OF 78 IN LA AND 95 IN
PHOENIX.
THANKS, WE HERE AT CBS4
ARE COMMITTED TO BRING YOU
STORIES ABOUT WHY MENTORING
MATTERS.
A WOMAN IS INFLUENCING THEM AND
CHANGING THEIR LIVES FOR THE
BETTER.
THIS MORNING, WE MEET
TINKERBELL AND A YOUNG WOMAN
WHO HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY HER
MOST OF HER LIFE.
THIS IS ALSO BEEN THE SETTING
FOR SPECIAL MOMENTS BETWEEN A
GIRL AND WOMAN MOST KNOWN AS
TINKERBELL.
ACTED LIKE A MENTOR IS
SOMEONE THAT IS THERE FOR YOU
WHEN YOU NEED THEM, THEY
INSPIRE YOU, AND YOU LOOK UP TO
THEM.
THEY MET WHEN SHE WAS JUST
SEVEN YEARS OLD IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
HER FATHER HAD JUST GONE TO
PRISON.

I GET SAD SOMETIMES, AND I
FEEL LIKE IT'S MY FAULT.
IT WAS HARD.
TINKERBELL FILLED A VOID, AND
SHE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT THE
CHILDREN OF THE PEOPLE THAT
WERE INVOLVED IN THE CASES SHE
WORKED.
IN 1978, SHE BEGAN MENTORING 12
CHILDREN OF INMATES.
HOW MANY CANNOT REALLY BRING
HOME?
HOW MANY CAN I TAKE
ROLLERSKATING?
AND SHE NEVER STOPPED.
OVER THE LAST 22 YEARS, SHE HAS
MENTORED OVER 147 CHILDREN.
HER HUSBAND SPENT TIMES WITH
THEM TO THEY HAVE BEEN THERE
WITH US, AND THEY ARE AT ALL OF
OUR GRADUATIONS AND EVERYTHING.
EVEN AFTER TINKERBELL MOVED
TO SOUTH FLORIDA, SHE ACTUALLY
PERSUADED SUNDARI TO MOVE HERE.
NOW, 22 YEARS OLD, SUNDARI IS
THE FIRST TO GRADUATE COLLEGE
WITH A DEGREE IN GRAPHIC
DESIGN.
TINKERBELL CONNECTED HER WITH A
JOB AT AMERICORPS AND SHE NOW
SERVES ON THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE FOR TINKERBELL'S
ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING
CHILDREN OF PRISONERS.
I HAVE LEARNED TO NOT BE SO
QUICK TO SHUT OTHER PEOPLE OFF
AND TRY TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN
FIND IN COMMON WITH OTHER
PEOPLE.
TINKERBELL, WHOSE PARENTS
WERE HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS,
THINKS THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST
VALUABLE LESSONS LIFE HAS TO
OFFER.
WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD, I
DIDN'T KNOW I WAS THE CHILD OF
A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I HAD A
BROTHER WHO DIED OF STARVATION
IN MY MOTHER'S ARMS.
I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO
WITH WHO YOU ARE WITH WHO
DECIDES THAT LIFE IS OKAY NO
MATTER WORK -- NO MATTER WHAT.
SUNDARI WAS TO CONTINUE TO
JOIN TINKERBELL TO HELP MORE
CHILDREN IN THE MIDST OF A
SCARY TIME SHE KNOWS ALL TOO
WELL.
THERE IS A LOT OF HATRED
EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BUT
THERE IS A LOT MORE LOVE.
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NATIONALLY, THERE ARE ABOUT
3 MILLION CHILDREN WITH PARENTS
IN PRISON, MANY OF WHOM WITHOUT
POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT AND
INFLUENCES.
THEY ARE STATISTICALLY LIKELY
TO CONTINUE THE CYCLE OF
INCARCERATION.
FOR INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN
BECOME A MENTOR, VISIT US AT
WWW.CBS.COM/MENTORING MATTERS.
ALSO, TELL US ABOUT MENTORS IN
YOUR LIFE.
EMAIL US.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
I'M EUGENE RAMIREZ.
REMEMBER, WE ARE ALWAYS ON
WWW.CBSMIAMI.COM.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.
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