Cresson Dance Academy from Cripple Creek graced us with a special workshop prior to the Circus Celebration on Saturday, November 15th.  Stacy, the dance instructor, who is a petite woman, was hard to pick out from the crowd of her dancers ages 7-17.  But when she began teaching, all eyes and ears were on her. 
 ”Many of us,” she explained, [...]

A mentor recently emailed us saying, “Just wanted to give you a heads up that my mentee doesn’t have a bike so I had an old one . . . and it fits her. I took it to Absolute [Bikes] and they said it needed new tires and a chain, but they have a deal with the Mentor [...]

On Saturday, September 13th, 22 youth and volunteers joined us for a jaunt along Twin Lakes to the restored resort of Inter-Laken.  Our adventure began with a bus ride down the bumpy dirt road to the trailhead thanks to our heroine, Kay Blum, head of Salida Transportation.  (Kay later told us proudly that those driving their 4WD trucks [...]

Chelsea greeted everyone at our Welcome Table

All the Family & Youth Initiatives programs - Chaffee County Mentors, Youth In Action, Nurturing Parenting, YouthATCrossroads, and Family-to-Family Mentoring - came together Monday, August 18th for the first ever FYI Back-to-School BBQ Potluck and Baseball Game.  One hundred kids, parents, mentors, volunteers, supporters, and staff filled the Buena Vista Riverpark [...]

 After a year and a half of envisioning a new website for Chaffee County Mentors, we are now UP AND RUNNING!  Thanks a million to Trey Beck for making this possible.  I met Trey exactly a year ago as we were both helping with South Central Racing’s Going Green 100 bicycle ride.  Check out http://southcentralracing.com/century/ to [...]