This program is community based. Volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds. They include homemakers, business persons and retirees. Core volunteers share the desire to have a significant impact on the life of a child through consistent, long term friendships. In the School Based program, you can become a mentor to a child in a designated elementary, middle, or high school.
Mentors typically meet with a child weekly on school grounds.
Mentors offer friendship, goal setting and help build self-esteem with their matches. Our program began in 1993 through the cooperation of Big Brothers Big Sisters, the schools, the United Way and the Community Partnership for Excellence in Education.