Volunteers from every campus give time and energy to coordinate clothing drives and to staff the Shared Dreams Center to support this effort. The Mentor program matches adult volunteers in a caring relationship with a child who needs an extra measure of friendship.
Mentors make a one-year commitment to meet with an assigned student once each week.
About 200 students and 200 mentors were involved in this program in 1998-99. About 2,300 students have completed the Texas Scholars program since 1996. Additionally, an upbeat, informational video of the Texas Scholars program was produced to add interest to the presentations. This video won a Gold Star Achievement Award from the Texas School Public Relations Association, and has since been requested for replication by other school districts in Texas. About 250 businesses have participated in the program, some returning each year.