Harvard graduate who created the Kaiser
Family Foundation there, and asked for
advice. That connection resulted in an intern-
ship at the Foundation, which is dedicated to
breaking the cycle of poverty through early
munity health, social serv-
ices and civic engagement.
from spring training, he will
learn his next assignment.
"In the minors, you want to
be moved up. If I go up
one level, it will be
Savannah, but I'll be happy
to go anywhere." He does-
n't spend time or energy
thinking about life after
baseball.
making Plan B's. When I
said I wanted to go to
Harvard, people said, `You
apply to,' but I only applied to Harvard.
When I was at Harvard, a lot of my friends
had summer internships at banks and con-
sulting firms, but I played baseball. I'm
going to play baseball until I can't play any
more, and then I'll play somewhere else
until I can't play. If all that fails, then I'll think
of something else. For right now, I've only
got Plan A."
mitment to achieve it.
Academy Prep uses AmeriCorps teachers to teach sup-
plemental classes. Bonner spent last year teaching
physical education to boys in grades 5-8.
whether I wanted to stay. At the eighth grade gradua-
tion ceremony, one of the students I was mentoring in
math gave me a little shout out during the ceremony
and that pricked my heart and made me feel like I need-
ed to stay here." In his second year, he's teaching art to
fifth and sixth grade boys and girls.
tinue to be part of the school, but it might not be as a
teacher. I'm really interested in working in graduate sup-
port, where you help the eighth grade students transi-
tion into high schools."
is letting things unfold and doing what feels right. "Right
now I'm in a stage of service. In this process of serving, I'm
growing myself into the person I'm supposed to be." And
we are sure that person will continue to make a difference
in people's lives, wherever his heart leads him.