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>> Jay Schiller: One of our signature events
that we plan to center
around each year is disability mentoring day.
I think the mentors are more excited than the students,
you know, in the beginning at least.
They're very, people are very willing
to spend their day talking about themselves,
their jobs, and what they do at Merck,
and show kids a little bit a slice of what they do.
It takes a little bit for the kids to warm up,
but once you do, the smiles come out,
and they're really appreciative and have tons
of questions for the mentors during the day.
The high school student
that gets a corporate experience
or a job experience before they go onto college
or before they go on to further their education will
earn 40 percent more in salary.
Will, you know that, you know, people with children
and students with disabilities are underrepresented
there to begin with.
So if you can provide that kind of corporate
or business experience to a student with a disability,
just that, it will only benefit them in the long run,
and it definitely benefit the mentors and the kind
of experience that they are able to provide.
And bringing these students in and showing value.
You know, hey, this is something you could do.
You know, just breaking that kind of,
that glass wall to these students and welcoming them
into the community pays extraordinary amount
of dividends to all peoples involved.
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