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Mentoring makes a difference

You may be familiar with organizations like Big Brothers or Big Sisters, Compeer and even locally, Striders makes an effort to pair students with caring adults to help support and build up the lives of students who may be missing out on caring adult relationships.

Mentoring Spotlight - Ben and Dennis from The Mentoring Project on Vimeo.



This month, my church (First Lutheran of Jamestown, NY) will be learning about a new program called, The Mentoring Project, when Don Miller stops in Jamestown on his Million Miles tour with Susan Isaacs, to let us in on the details of his program geared for boys growing up without the regular involvement of a father. My new friend Larry, from Grace Church in Erie, PA is on the board of the Mentoring Project and will be coming to help share more details about the program on October 24th, in addition to Don's presentation.

Larry tells more about this opportunity, here at his church's blog.

Are you interested in mentoring a child missing a connection to another caring adult? Were you a child that missed out on a paternal or maternal relationship? This evening of comedy and storytelling is an opportunity to explore how you could make a difference or how your own life could be different, if mentoring were a rich aspect of it. Join us for the adventure on October 24th at 7PM - you never know where this story could take you.

Comments

Mel said…
Oh what a wonderful project undertaking. I know too well the difference it makes in the life of a child.

Bravo!!
I hope it meets with much success.

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