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Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States

This touring art exhibit will be at UVM's Davis Center in Burlington through November 20 with a reception on Thursday, November 12, 5-8 p.m., in the Silver Maple Ballroom. Forum and panel discussion: Wednesday, November 18, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Chittenden Room. Click here to read Seven Days coverage of the exhibit. Also join Community Friends Mentoring Program on a guided tour of the exhibit… Continue

Added by Meredith on November 13, 2009 at 10:52am — No Comments

AWARD-WINNING VERMONT CHILDREN’S AUTHOR TO VISIT HANOVER

On November 14, The Hanover Inn at Dartmouth College, Everybody Wins! Vermont (EW!VT), and the Upper Valley Land Trust (UVLT) will host a presentation by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock, an award-winning children’s author from the Northeast Kingdom region of Vermont. The event will take place from 1 – 3:30pm in the Hanover Inn’s Daniel Webster Room. It is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $5 per family going to offset the costs of the event. Kinsey-Warnock grew up on a Vermont da… Continue

Added by VMP Webmaster on November 2, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

Believing in Kids Saves Lives--A Passionate Keynote Address by Charlie Applestein

The author of No Such Thing as a Bad Kid asked a room filled with more than 200 mentors from across New England Friday, if, in all their experience, they met a troubled child who could say they had an adult who believed in them. Not a single hand went up. “When you really believe in a kid you put fuel in the tank,” Charlie Applestein, MSW, said at the first Northeast Regional Mentoring conference held at the Marriott Hotel in Providence. The fuel Applestein was talking about is “hope.” Bringin… Continue

Added by Meredith on October 26, 2009 at 4:55pm — No Comments

Girls/Boyz First All Girls Mentoring Retreat

We just had our first all girl pairs retreat last Saturday. The intention of the retreat was to deepen the mentoring relationship between the girls and their mentors in the hopes that the pairs will continue beyond middle school crazies and also to foster leadership development for the mentees. Planning started more than a year ago, with one of my mentors who works in leadership development collaborating with me (we wer… Continue

Added by Wendy Farber on September 17, 2009 at 12:00pm — 3 Comments

To all those who care about mentoring in Vermont...

Greetings All, Below is a message from Amy Cunningham, Executive Director of Everybody Wins! Vermont. Amy and a small group of folks are starting a conversation about a Vermont Mentoring Conference in 2010. Here is Amy's email. You can respond directly to Amy or to this blog. Some energy has gathered around the idea of creating a Vermont mentoring meeting/conference in 2010. This is just a seed of an idea and we could use plenty of input to help it germinate. If you are interest… Continue

Added by Andrea Torello on September 9, 2009 at 12:36pm — 4 Comments

Helping Kids Through Tough Times: Mentors Among Record Numbers of Local Volunteers

As the article on thriving volunteerism in the July 29th Free Press indicates, Mobius, The Mentoring Movement, notes that Chittenden County mentoring programs are serving more children than ever before. "My mentor taught me to never give up" sums up just one of the many benefits that mentoring offers children in these difficult times. Mobius, an umbrella organization for Chittenden County based mentoring programs, is pleased to report that 817 local children now have the attention of another ca… Continue

Added by Meredith on August 10, 2009 at 12:44pm — No Comments

Mentoring Toolkit for Schools

The VT Mentoring Collaborative recently funded the creation of a Toolkit for schools interested in starting a mentoring program. It is available on CD and includes many templates that may prove useful to all programs. For a copy, send a request to Paula by email at vtmentoring@gmail.com. Continue

Added by Paula Francis on August 10, 2009 at 12:35pm — 1 Comment

Special Somali-Bantu girl looking for a mentor

An energetic and fun woman is needed as a mentor for an 11-year-old girl. She and her family are refugees from Somalia living in Burlington. Her two sisters and her two brothers all have mentors with whom they spend time--she would like the chance to have the same new experiences they have. If you have a couple of hours on the weekends to include this girl in your life, consider becoming her mentor. I'd love to tell you more about her so please give me a call at 862-5396 ext. 343. Thanks, Deann… Continue

Added by Deanna Cameron on July 27, 2009 at 2:40pm — No Comments

These Boys Are Looking for A Mentor

A 13-year-old boy living with his mother and younger sister and brother in Essex Junction. His father is incarcerated, he does not have contact with him. He also has two older sisters who live independently. He is in 8th grade. He would like a mentor because both of his younger siblings have one and they really enjoy their time with them. His favorite activities are skiing, skateboarding, rollerblading, ripsticking, listening to music, playing football, and teak won do, but he also states that h… Continue

Added by Deanna Cameron on May 18, 2009 at 12:55pm — No Comments

A Big Buddy Shares Mentor Experience

"I became a Big Buddy my first year at UVM to an 8-year-old boy named Jay who lived in the north end of Burlington. He came from a very poor family who had never been to college, and his self-confidence was really low because he had never been told that he was good at anything. I got together with him every single week for 3 hours, for my entire 4 years of school. We spent our time playing games, hiking, doing art projects, or going to an occasional special place like a museum or to the movie… Continue

Added by VMP Webmaster on April 28, 2009 at 12:00pm — No Comments

MentorPRO, State-of-the-Art Tracking & Analysis Tool is Coming to Vermont!

MentorPRO® is the first of its kind: an online data tracking and analysis tool that allows organizations to access and track data to better manage Programs, monitor Relationships and evaluate Outcomes. Designed to enhance the effectiveness of y… Continue

Added by VMP Webmaster on April 10, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Mentor to Mentor: Spread the Word

Ninety-six percent of current mentors say they would recommend mentoring to a friend, family member, or co-worker. If each mentor in Chittenden County were to find one single friend, family member or co-worker to sign up to become a mentor, we could have over 1,600 of our community's children matched with a caring adult. We urge you to make this leap, to find one, just one, compassionate adult to mentor. Let's work together to close the mentoring gap in Chittenden County. While Mobius has been… Continue

Added by Meredith on March 30, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

A Mentoring Story: Sarah & Emma

Turning Pages: Twelve years together and counting, mentor match Sarah and Emma continue to write on the pages of each other's lives.

The tree was their favorite spot. No matter how many times they went to read beneath it, it never changed—the leaves didn't rustle in the wind nor did… Continue

Added by VMP Webmaster on March 26, 2009 at 2:52pm — No Comments

Looking for Mentoring Program Handbooks

If you are willing, would you please share your program handbooks with me? I am specifically looking for handbooks for PARENTS/Guardians and handbooks for MENTORS. You can contact me at vtmentoring@gmail.com. Thank you! Continue

Added by Paula Francis on February 12, 2009 at 10:58am — 1 Comment

Collaborating & Cooperating to Help Kids Succeed:Sustaining the Mentoring Movement in Difficult Economic Times

Nelson Mandela said "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children." I believe that. I also believe that individually and collectively, the greatest potential we have for impacting the future is the influence we have on young people now. Everyone understands that these are difficult economic times. It’s the headlines of every newspaper; it’s the lead story on television and radio every night. It’s our own personal experience. But what does it… Continue

Added by Andrea Torello on February 11, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Things to do with my mentee

I live in Colchester and mentor at Kings St community. I am a new mentor and am looking to share events and things to do with my 11 year old boy. What works, where specifically with addresses. Have been to Shelburn Farms, Echo, movies, pizza. It would be great to share successful events and doings with mentors in the Burlington area on a weekly basis. Continue

Added by Mint on February 6, 2009 at 3:58pm — 1 Comment

Mentoring Arts Day Retreat

Our program just had a very successful 1/2 day Arts Retreat. We had a 9:00 start time at a local church with muffins and juice. Then we divided up into workshops (2 choices). One group was healthy cooking. They made our lunch of vegetable soup, a roll and fruit salad, set up and cleaned up. We had a great opening activity, led by one of our mentors around risk taking and the circle of life!!The other group learned belly dancing. Both workshops were free and led by mentors in our program. The ch… Continue

Added by Wendy Farber on January 26, 2009 at 3:58pm — 2 Comments

Thank Your Mentor Day Tribute

A Vermont tribute on the Thank Your Mentor Day website:

Thank Your Mentor Day Tributes Mentor: Marybeth My mother was on the terminal ward at Mary Hitchcock hospital. My father was recovering from a massive heart attack which left him 100% disabled. I was 17 with a 7 year old brother. The hospital social worker saw me in the hall after a meeting with doctors and told me she'd like to he

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Added by VMP Webmaster on January 22, 2009 at 12:30am — No Comments

General Colin Powell Formally Unveils Renew America Together Initiative

General Colin Powell formally announced today the Renew America Together initiative as part of President-elect Obama’s national call to service. Standing in the Mayflower Hotel in Washington D.C., Powell exhorted all Americans to make an ongoing commitment to revitalize our local communities, starting on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday is not only a day off but also as it’s been characterized for the last 14 years, it has been a day o

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Added by VMP Webmaster on January 9, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

We're thrilled about our new network

Not only can we show off our new photos and get creative with our videos, we can read each others thoughts! we've enjoyed putting together a variety of methods for mentors to communicate with each other and get to know what's happening around the state in an accessible, central location. We also want this network to be a place where people come to day after day to read the latest postings and participate in the ever growing community of mentors. Continue

Added by Vermont Mentoring Partnerships on May 26, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

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