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 [...]
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 [...]
Mentor Appreciation Dinner at Country Bounty
November 18th, 2008, we celebrated the contributions of our mentors with authentic Mexican food at Country Bounty. Thirty-two mentors and guests joined us to remember highlights from the year and lessons learned – to share stories and enjoy the company of others who are committed to helping youth one-on-one in this community. After a delicious meal, [...]
Youth In Action Announces Matches of the Month
Youth In Action students meet weekly after-school to participate in reading, crafts, field trips, and other fun activities that build connections between mentors (middle schoolers) and mentees (pre-schoolers). Every month (starting in October) a match from each town is chosen as the “Match of the Month” for their attendance, participation, and connection with their buddy. For [...]
“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 mentor [...]