{"id":11510,"date":"2026-11-04T16:33:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T16:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/?p=11510"},"modified":"2026-11-04T16:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T16:33:47","slug":"sparkle-mentoring-club-gives-back-to-local-school-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/11\/04\/sparkle-mentoring-club-gives-back-to-local-school-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparkle Mentoring Club gives back to local school kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TROY, Ala. (<a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TROJANVISION<\/a>) \u2014 Thursday, members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/troysparkle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sparkle Mentoring Club<\/a> volunteered at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgt.life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Common Ground Troy<\/a> to give back to school kids in the area<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSparkle partnered with Common Ground because we are all about working with our community and giving back and also being involved in Troy and the outside community,\u201d said Ayana Griffin, a member of Sparkle Mentoring Club.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Common Ground is a non-profit organization that hosts summer camps and an after-school program for boys ages 6-12th grade. The after-school program offers academic assistance, free play, and social and emotional learning for its attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We have a great working relationship with all kinds of organizations at the university,&#8221; said Andrew Clem, after-school director for Common Ground.\u00a0&#8220;We have been so thankful for all the help we have at Troy University and its students.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/10\/21\/trojans-in-pink-set-in-motion-for-breast-cancer-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NEWS FOR YOU: Trojans in Pink set in motion for Breast Cancer Awareness<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Griffin, a sparkle volunteer, said the program has not only allowed her to help others, but has also helped her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Personally, I like being a part of Sparkle because I think I get to meet new people and kind of get out of my comfort zone. I&#8217;m a very introverted and shy person, so I get to meet new people and be myself and give back.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Common Ground partners with many organizations on campus. Interested students can message the organization Instagram at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/commongroundtroy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@commongroundtroy<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) \u2014 Thursday, members of Sparkle Mentoring Club volunteered at Common Ground Troy to give back to school kids in the area<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSparkle partnered with Common Ground because we are all about working with our community and giving back and also being involved in Troy and the outside community,\u201d said Ayana Griffin, a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a-button\" href=\"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/2026\/11\/04\/sparkle-mentoring-club-gives-back-to-local-school-kids\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":11598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1127],"tags":[1248,2030],"topics":[17],"class_list":["post-11510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","tag-common-ground-troy","tag-sparkle-mentoring-club","topics-troy-campus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11597,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions\/11597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11510"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.troy.edu\/trojanvision\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=11510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}