Mentoring Program
Mentoring
A mentor is a caring adult friend who devotes time to a young person.
Mentors can fill any number of different roles.
Yet all mentors have one thing in common:
they care about helping young people achieve their potential and discover their strengths.
Mentors understand they are not meant to replace the role of a parent, guardian or teacher. A mentor is not a disciplinarian or decision maker for a child.
Instead, a mentor echoes the positive values and cultural heritage parents, and guardians are teaching. A mentor is part of a team of caring adults.
A mentor's main purpose is to help a young person define and achieve their own goals. And those goals will vary, depending on the young person's age.
Boys 2 Men Girls 2 Women involves young people 5 to 18 years of age.
Since the expectations of each child will vary, it is the mentor's job to encourage the development of a flexible relationship that responds to the mentor's skills and interests and the young person's needs.
By sharing fun activities and exposing a youth to new experiences, a mentor encourages positive choices, promotes high self-esteem, supports academic achievement and introduces the child to new ideas.
A mentor may help a young person:
- Plan a project for school and help with homework
- Set career goals and start taking steps to realize them
- Make healthy choices about day-to-day life
- Think through a problem at home or school
Please fill out our Child referral form to refer a child for mentorship.
If you are interest in having your child or children mentored, please fill out our easy online child referral form and someone will get back to you within 48 hours with more information.