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 plans to make 15 more by June 2010.  Help us serve our local youth by becoming a mentor!  To find out more about volunteering, click here.  With a little time, YOU could make a BIG difference – and help us celebrate National Mentoring Month!

Aug 08 Going Green 100 Aid Station Volunteers

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 find out more about the ride.  Just a few weekends ago, the Going Green 100 was going on again and Whitney and I had a great time running the aid station.  Angie, Candice, Kirsten, Camille, & Jackie joined us during the day to also support the effort.

We support the Going Green 100 because South Central Racing supports us.  Specifically, since last summer, SCR helped us get 3 bicycles to a family for Christmas, helped fund our annual group activity at Monarch Mountain, sponsored our annual FYI fundraiser, and organized the fun and inspiring Generational Bike Relay (held this July).  This year’s Generational Relay drew eleven matches who got the unique opportunity to race in a fun and supportive environment.

Matt & Nish placed 2nd / Dave & Jesse placed 3rd at the 2008 Generational Relay