Volunteering
January Is National Mentoring Month!
Chaffee County Mentors is incredibly grateful to all the mentors pictured and not pictured for the time they give every month to offer youth in Buena Vista and Salida valuable one-on-one time. They are truly an extraordinary group of people and most have been mentoring for over two years.
Chaffee County Mentors currently has 30 matches and [...]
Youth In Action Meets Local Artists
Youth In Action celebrated our last month of 2009 with meeting artists and working with different media.
In Buena Vista, Evelyn Baker, owner of The Trailhead and an accomplished stained glass artist joined us at the pre-school and taught the kids how to make a tile mosaic. The first week everyone designed a trivet with mini [...]
Foot-stompin’ Fun For the Whole Community
Everyone in the community is invited Saturday, October 24th, to the 5th Annual Family Halloween Party & Dance sponsored by Family & Youth Initiatives in collaboration with Salida Recreation, Arkansas Valley Music and Dance, and the Salida Circus!
This fun event will include a haunted house for the little ones (ages 10 and under) created by the older [...]
Youth In Action Kids Look Forward to Meeting Their Match!
Youth In Action (YIA), a branch program of Chaffee County Mentors, enrolls middle school youth and pre-school children each September to participate in cross-age peer mentoring. Meeting weekly after-school, Youth In Action focuses on supporting the social-emotional and literacy development of the pre-schoolers while also providing a unique opportunity for middle-school aged youth to take [...]
Annual For Kids Sake Fundraiser – June 13th and 14th
Mentors, volunteers, community members, and those just interested in a good time are invited to our 6th annual FOR KIDS SAKE Silent Auction party on Saturday, June 13th at 7pm at the Salida Steam Plant Ballroom. You can bid on incredible items including a trip to Belize, tickets to Planet Bluegrass’ Folks Festival, golf packages, [...]