Anyone with the time and desire to
positively impact a youth in the community would make a great
mentor.
Mentors are safe, trained, committed
volunteers from the community who meet for around one hour each week
with their mentee. Mentors have the opportunity to volunteer in
schools close to where they live or work or in the Big Brothers and
Big Sisters Community mentoring program, meeting with a young person
after school or on the weekends.
Mentors spend one-on-one time with a
child who has been identified as needing some additional individual
attention. No special skills or degrees are needed, although all
mentors must complete an application, criminal background check,
reference check, and a training session. It takes a caring
individual who is committed to helping a child become all he or she
can be. It involves listening, sharing, and showing the child that
there is one person who takes the time out of their busy life to be
there for him or her. The greatest gift a mentor can give is his or
her time.
