Way to Help Title Way to Help Content A mentor is a caring, responsible, adult volunteer who serves as a trusted friend and guide to our youth by developing a supportive relationship with them. As a mentor, you help to ensure that your mentee develops important academic and life skills, is exposed to new opportunities and a wide array of resources, makes positive life choices, stays in school, and graduates with a plan for pursuing post-secondary education or employment. Your typical day involves picking up your mentee and meeting in the community, initially somewhere quiet like a park or restaurant, where you get to know your mentee. As your relationship develops, the actual activity varies depending on your mentee's goal and activities, as each mentee has an Individualized Service Plan that outlines short and long-term goals they are working on. You work with your mentee on their goals by exposing them to different activities in the community as well as building your relationship through talking and helping your mentee complete “homework” assignments. You can assist your mentee with completing job applications, college essays, and academic tutoring. While in Guiding Light’s program, we work as a team to assist youth with building healthy relationships, goal setting, andimproving their self-confidence. Connected to Organization --- not set --- Ways to Help Tags Ages 12-15 18-24 55+ Adults Adults (18+) Child with adult Children Teens Ages Served Adults (18+) Babies and Toddlers Birth to 5 College Elementary (5-10) High School Middle School Professionals Commitment Length 1 Day 1 Full Year 1 School Year 1 Semester More Than A Year Groups Corporate Teams Families Groups (10+) Groups (2-10) Individuals Guidance Provided In-depth Minimal Moderate How Often Monthly Occasional One-time Weekly Time Commitment 1 Day 1 Hour/Month 1 Hour/Week 2 Hours/Week 2+ Hours/Week Training Formal None On-site Type Education Emotional Enrichment (Arts) Event support Fitness Indoor Office work Outdoor Physical Social Skills Typically Help Different Large Groups Different Single Students Different Small Groups Same Large (5+) Group Same One Student Same Small Group When Anytime Weekday Afternoons Weekday Evenings Weekday Mornings Weekends Where Community Center Library Nonprofit Place of Worship School Volunteer's Choice Youth Served Abuse Survivors Academically at Risk Arts Differently-abled English Language Learners Enrichment Facing Illness First Gen College Food Insecure Foster Care Gifted Homeless Juvenile System LGBTQ+ Low Income Household Mental Health Physical Fitness Pregnant/Parenting STEM -- Parent -- Add New
