Breakfast with the Buckeyes registration deadline is May 5

MANSFIELD — Former Ohio State receiver Roy Hall will talk with local businesses May 11 at the Catalyst Life Services Outreach Day.

That is the first of a day full of events where fans can meet Hall as well as five other Buckeye football products at Ed Pickens on Main from 7:30 to 8:45. This event will serve as a way to help support the Catalyst’s outreach efforts for the day.

The event is supported by Hall’s Driven Foundation. Catalyst is partnering with the program to impact the community by spreading messages about workforce development, drug and alcohol outreach, and child mental health awareness among local businesses.

“We’re really excited to partner with the Driven foundation to offer a day of impact on both the community and Catalyst participants,” Mellissa Drozda, marketing and development administrator and event planner for the Outreach Day said. “This event is really exciting to me because it’s more than a fundraiser –  it’s an opportunity to have an impact on people’s lives. This is something Catalyst is all about and so is Driven foundation.”

Breakfast with the Buckeyes is from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m. at Ed Pickens Cafe on Main. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online at www.catalystoutreachday.com Register by the end of the day on Friday, May 5.

The breakfast will have engagement opportunities for the six former Buckeyes and a silent auction 

From 9:15 to 10:15 a.m., Progress Industries will host a Workforce Development Seminar. This event is free. The seminar’s purpose is to encourage our community to mentor at risk youth. There will be a panel discussion with former OSU and NFL football players and an encouraging message from Roy Hall of the Driven Foundation.

Drozda, said the main focus of the event is work force development and working with businesses to take on mentor roles with the transitional youth. 

“Basically, it’s showing the importance of taking on a mentorship role with some youth facing adversity,” Drozda said. “Anyone growing up in that kind of environment needs someone like that to take them under their wing. It makes our community stronger is businesses are willing to take on these transitional youth.”

The Buckeyes then will have an opportunity to provide outreach with New Beginnings drug and alcohol residents. Later, the Buckeyes will mentor some at-risk youth through the vocational programs.

Finally, there will also be a free kids carnival, in honor of Children’s Mental Health Awareness week.