Creative Mentoring Business Partners

If you're interested in becoming a Creative Mentoring Business Partner, read about the Benefits and Responsibilities.

Many of our mentors are full-time employees who take time to mentor during their regular work hours, thanks to their employers' desire to give back to the community and help children in need. Of those mentors:

57% say they feel better and/or are more productive when they return to work after mentoring, and
46% say they have a better feeling toward their employer because they are able to mentor.

Business partners generously agree to support their employees who would like to mentor in local schools by allowing them to leave work for one hour a week (either paid or unpaid). In exchange, they get more loyal and satisfied employees who appreciate their employers' support and they support the communities in which they work.

"I would definitely recommend the Creative Mentoring program to other businesses. It's positive for morale. It helps employees to feel valued. As far as efficiency and productivity, this is a positive experience: it keeps employees very focused."
-Stacey Altemus, a Workplace Mentor Coordinator at Nationwide Financial

Current Business Partners include:
Aetna
Agilent Technologies
Appoquinimink School District
AstraZeneca
BlackRock Investment Management Corporation
Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware
The Carl M. Freeman Companies
Delaware National Bank
Delmarva Broadcasting
Growmark FS, Inc.
Kent County Levy Court
Logisticare, Inc.
Nationwide Financial Network
Sussex County
WSFS
WSFS Cash Connect

For more information about joining as a business partner, contact Stephanie Ferrell, Director of Development, at 302.656.2122 ext. 14 or sferrell@connecting-generations.org or Rachel Markowitz, Manager of Training and Recruitment, at 302.656.2122 ext. 15 or rmarkowitz@connecting-generations.org.