Mentoring Stories
- Lynn and Monica -- Grande Island, NE - Lynn and Monica entered the TeamMates mentoring program in 1999. They were already meeting regularly to read together at Walnut Middle School. "When Lynn and I became involved with TeamMates, I thought of it as a good opportunity to reach my dream to go to college," Monica said." Read More...
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Tools for Outreach
Many kids need mentors. In fact, with three million youth now being mentored, there are still 15 million kids who need mentors. But did you know that 57 million American adults would consider mentoring young people? That's according to a National Mentoring Poll, which told us what would encourage people to actually take the action to become mentors. The bottom line is that we can close the mentoring gap.
With mentoring organizations across the country paying special attention to their public awareness efforts every January, National Mentoring Month is a great opportunity to spread the word about the need to connect young people with caring adult mentors.
Here are some tips to help your organization prepare for National Mentoring Month:
Additional Resources:
MENTOR has thousands of mentoring programs in its database which are committed to adhering to the guidelines of its Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring. These Elements reflect the latest practices, policies, and research in quality mentoring. To view the list of agencies in your community, just type in your ZIP code in the tool at the right. If your agency is not listed, click here to start the registration process.
In addition to the Elements, MENTOR offers many tools and resources that may be of particular value to your outreach efforts throughout the year. Many are complimentary, and only a few have charges.
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