From Patch.com

The Potomac School awarded its third annual Award for Exemplary Service to Omari Pearson, founder of Passion to Purpose, a mentoring company that aims to inspire and empower students.

Pearson received the award during a school-wide assembly on Friday, Jan. 12 honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.

Pearson founded Passion to Purpose in 2010, after playing collegiate and professional basketball. The organization provides career counseling and mentoring services.

Over the last 14 years, he has partnered with high schools, colleges, and universities, working with an estimated 300,000 students to help them plan for their future by making informed, research-based decisions.

The Potomac School’s annual Award for Exemplary Service recognizes people in the wider community who are making an important difference through service to others.

The Potomac School, on a 90-acre campus in McLean, is an independent coeducational day school that with 1,066 students in grades K-12.

Based in the D.C. area, Pearson works with Montgomery County Public Schools, Baltimore City Public Schools, and Baltimore County Public Schools, and a variety of colleges, in addition to serving as a consultant and trainer to the National Federation of State High School Associations.

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