Starting at midnight on March 10^th, 2015, join Shepherds and the rest of Fairfield County as we come together and celebrate the INCREDIBLE local non-profit organizations of Fairfield county who strengthen the place we all call home. This is a celebration of philanthropy and a great way to partner with Shepherds to help us change the life of a local inner-city teen in Bridgeport.

Here are three key ways in which you can help:

• On March 10^th, donate to our cause and post about it on social media with the hashtag #FairfieldCountyGives and #ShepherdsMentors, letting all of your friends know that you are partnering with Shepherds to help us empower an inner-city teen with a strong high school education and the pursuit of a college degree
• Re-post our messages on social media and forward our e-mails to all of your friends to help us spread the word
• Tell your family, friends and co-workers about this wonderful day of celebration and share with them your involvement in our cause

Remember, #FairfieldCountyGives is for 24 hours only so make sure you make your donation count and help us win additional prizes!

To learn more, visit: fcgives.org

Shepherds hosted a career day for its students at Pfizer’s labs in Groton, CT on November 3rd, 2015. The day was filled with great career advice from two separate professional panels: a Science Professional panel made up of Veterinarians, Chemists, Statisticians and Biologists, as well as a Business Support pannel made up of Human Resource, Information Technology, Finance and Marketing professionals.

Shepherds students learned about the enormous amount of work that it takes to find an effective medicine to cure common ailments, as well as how Pfizer applies science and their global human resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives.

The professionals in each pannel spoke to Shepherds’ youth about the importance of pursuing a career that you love, taking advantage of every mentoring opportunity available, working hard every day and setting attainable goals to work towards every day.

Thank you Pfizer!