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Local nonprofit hosts week of mentoring programs, events for young fathers

ORLANDO, Fla. — A local nonprofit started its annual Father’s Day event with a roundtable discussion.

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“Young Fathers of Central Florida” held a roundtable discussion on fatherhood programs in our area.

The nonprofit will be hosting an event each night throughout this week covering topics like child support, employment and community mentoring.

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“The reason that we started this is that we wanted to do something for Father’s Day, but then we had so many services: child support, jobs, you know, education. So we said, ‘well, why don’t we just stretch it to a whole week,’” said Haki Nkrumah.

More information on the Young Fathers of Central Florida can be found here.

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