March 2009
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The Texting Life of a Teen
Texting – or text messaging – is one of the topics of our mentor training this week – held tonight at the Salida Middle School and Thursday night at McGinnis Middle School in Buena Vista. An understanding of texting is essential to connecting with current teen culture. One study shows that teens send 7.5 times [...]
Upcoming Mentor Training – Using Technology
“Connect Better with Your Mentee and Access Resources USING TECHNOLOGY” is not to be missed! This one-hour training for mentors and volunteers will be offered in each town and will explore topics including the value of texting and email in mentoring, using our website as a resource, understanding how we access mentees’ grades online, entering [...]
March Group Activity – Bowling at Salida Super Bowl
Sign up now for our March Group Activity – Bowling at Salida Super Bowl on Saturday, March 14th! Buena Vista matches can bowl from 1pm to 3pm. Meet the bus at Avery-Parsons Elementary at 12:15 pm (Make sure to eat lunch before you come!). We’ll return by 3:45pm. Salida matches meet us at the bowling [...]
Youth In Action Announces Matches of the Month
FEBRUARY MATCHES OF THE MONTH
Salida
Both Mitch and Christopher get fully involved in whatever we’re doing, even singing! Mitch does a great job relating to Christopher and keeping a positive attitude. Congratulations, Mitch & Christopher!
Buena Vista
Congratulations to Kaylynne and Isabell who attended every week in February. They have fun staying together, whether it’s during [...]
January 2009 Trips to Monarch
Thanks to Monarch Mountain, Mountain Sports Haus, South Central Racing, Chuck Rose, and all our fabulous volunteers who made our annual skiing and snowboarding trips a huge success! Mentee Jesse H (shown on the left) works for Monarch and helped out with our group. Meanwhile, a number of youth, including Emily L, Charlotte R, Morgan [...]