In 2004 MBF ran a highly successful mentor program with the Hawthorn Football Club called the High Marks Program. This program invited young athletes from the VCFL to attend a week with the Hawthorn Football Club where they were mentored by players and attended training and education sessions.
The criteria for selection were that the participants had to be between 14 and 16 years of age and had overcome adversity in their life or who had shown exceptional leadership or commitment to their sport.
In 2005 MBF conducted the High Marks program in Tasmania where 10 young athletes spent 3 days with the Tasmanian Devils attending training and education sessions. Two of these athletes were selected to attend the Hawthorn Football Club's High Marks program in July.
The two lucky participants Taylor Forward from Penguin and Dion Benson from Margate spent 4 days with the Hawthorn Football Club and each wrote a diary of their time in Melbourne.
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