Sometimes without even realizing it, mentors serve as the mentee's career and life style role models. Mentors at Drew provides exposure to the university setting and all the enrichment of such an environment. A relationship with a mentor often inspires children who never thought of college as an option, to set their sights not only on finishing high school, but on pursuit of higher education. The mentees often show improvements in their academic achievement. Through relationship with college student mentors, children discover new possibilities for the future and come to realize the importance of academics.
Mentors gain the satisfaction of caring for another human being.
You will learn about yourself and learn from the perspective of a child. Some mentors say the time spent with a mentee is their most relaxing and fun hour of the week. Each mentor is required to spend at least four hours a month with the mentee. Each child comes to Drew once a week for an hour from 4-5 pm. In person meetings can always be supplemented with phone calls and written communications.