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First Lady Urges Adults to Become Mentors
6/9/2005 12:35 PM
WASHINGTON - First Lady Laura Bush on Thursday said that spending time with kids brings real benefits in keeping them out of trouble, and urged more grown ups to become mentors. |
Give a young person a chance
3/14/2005 11:05 AM
James N. Andersen, President and CEO of IWCO Direct speaks about the Minnesota Business Partnership's youth mentoring initiative. "I want to take this opportunity to highlight the vital role that mentors played in the lives of a few business leaders and encourage Minnesota's business community to actively support youth mentoring." The MBP Connection's Initiative is a collaboration with the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota to promote youth mentoring among Minnesota's business leaders.
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President Bush and Governor Pawlenty Claim January as National Mentoring Month
1/24/2005 3:00 PM
The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota along with the Governor of Minnesota and President Bush claim January as National Mentoring Month. This month-long focus provides an opportunity for our state and nation to devote its attention to recruiting volunteer mentors for the 450,000 Minnesota young people, 17 million nationwide, who are at risk of not achieving their full potential. The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, the driving force in Minnesota’s mentoring movement, asks each of us to “Share What You Know. Mentor a Child.” |
January is National Mentoring Month
1/1/2005 8:00 AM
Share What You Know. Mentor a Child.
January 2005 begins the fourth annual National Mentoring Month. This month-long focus provides an opportunity for our state and nation to devote its attention to recruiting volunteer mentors for the 450,000 Minnesota young people, 17 million nationwide, who are at risk of not achieving their full potential. The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, the driving force in Minnesota’s mentoring movement, asks each of us to “Share What You Know. Mentor a Child.” |
January 25 is Thank Your Mentor Day™
1/1/2005 7:55 AM
Who Mentored You? Thank them…and pass it on!
On January 25, millions of Americans, young and old, will reach out to thank or honor those individuals who encouraged and guided them, and who had a lasting impact on their lives as part of Thank Your Mentor Day™. |
New Developments in Screening: Tools, Techniques and Privacy Issues
11/17/2004 10:00 AM
Professionals in the field of mentoring are aware that a solid screening process is essential in keeping children and volunteers safe, and important in reducing the liability of the mentoring program. But as staff time and resources become more and more stretched, this puts a burden on the program to not only maintain its initial intake screening process, but it really stretches a program’s resources to continually assess and screen throughout the mentor-mentee relationship. |
Town Hall Forum Preliminary Report
10/8/2004 10:35 AM
On September 21, 2004 attendees at the Mentoring Partnership's Minnesota Mentor Conference were a part of a Town Hall Forum on the state of mentoring. Marking its ten year anniversary, the Mentoring Partnership wanted to reflect back and document the progress of the mentoring movement and begin to set the agenda for the next decade and the next generation of kids that need to be matched with caring adult mentors. Interactive technology allowed conference participants to simultaneously “vote” on issues and challenges, capture the collective feedback, and spur further conversation among participants, panelists, and the moderator. The preliminary report is available for viewing. |
CEO and Doctor Receive Connecting with Youth Award
9/8/2004 12:00 PM
Leonard Snellman, M.D., a pediatrician with HealthPartners White Bear Lake (Minnesota) Clinic, was honored at the Minnesota Business Partnership's Annual Dinner by some of Minnesota’s largest employers for his work mentoring young people through Family Means in Stillwater, Minn.
Al Annexstad, chairman, president and CEO of Owatonna, Minn.-based Federated Insurance Companies, was also honored with the Connecting with Youth Lifetime Achievement Award for his leadership and generous support of Big Brothers Big Sisters. |
2004 Angel of Mentoring Award Winners Announced
6/22/2004 1:35 PM
The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota wishes to honor the individuals and organizations that embody the best in mentoring in Minnesota by announcing the recipients for its third Angel of Mentoring awards. The honors were presented at the Minnesota Mentoring Conference on September 21, 2004 during a special ceremony. |
Integrating an Asset-Based Approach to Your Program
4/6/2004 2:05 PM
March's Metro Mentor Network meeting focused on Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets and how to utilize these assets in a mentoring program.
Kristin Johnstad, Search Institute, and Alicia Schwarz, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities, spoke at the March meeting. If you missed the meeting, here is a brief recap. |
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