Mentor Tips
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 [...]
“New Match Spotlight” – Alison Peticolas & Whitney
Alison and Whitney joined us at our October Group Activity on October 11th and enjoyed not only a burrito dinner and watching “The Princess Bride” at Starpoint but also taking lots of photos. The photo above has the classic self-portrait look . . . and indicates what fun Alison and Whitney are having together. Alison Peticolas has been a [...]
“Take a Kid Biking”
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 [...]
Community Service with My Buddy
As I was walking my dog, Buddy, by the creek across from my house the other day, I decided to grab a couple of trash bags. Although I normally grab a small trash bag to pick up Buddy’s waste, this time I was grabbing some larger bags. The creekside was coated with trash, bottles, and cans, and [...]