2020 Vermont Mentoring Celebration

Thank you for joining us at the 2020 Vermont Youth Mentoring Celebration!

Want to learn more about what happened at the event?
Read the VTDigger Recap of the Event
View our Facebook album
Meet the 2020 Vermont Ambassadors of Mentoring

Vermont Proclamations/Resolutions:
Governor Scott’s Mentoring Month Proclamation
House/Senate Mentoring Day at the Statehouse Resolution

National Proclamations/Resolutions:
Senate Mentoring Month Resolution (co-sponsored by Senators Leahy & Sanders)
House Mentoring Month Resolution (co-sponsored by Congressman Welch)

More about the 2020 Mentoring Celebration:
This annual event, convened by MENTOR Vermont and our Program Leadership Council, brought together nearly 200 youth mentees, mentors, legislators, and supporters to officially mark January as Mentoring Month in Vermont, and recognize the 2,300 mentor and mentee matches from across the state. The Celebration featured a Mentoring Month proclamation by the Governor, a Mentoring Month resolution by the House and Senate, recognition of the 2020 Ambassadors of Mentoring by Comcast, free statehouse tours and lunch for youth mentees and their mentors, and much more!

The schedule for this year’s event was:

9:15 am – 9:45 am: Register and gather at the Capitol Plaza Hotel, in the Governors Ballroom

9:45 am – 11:30 am:
Mentor Match Activities (for youth of all ages)
Signing of Governor’s Mentoring Month Proclamation and Remarks by Governor Phil Scott
Group Photo
Presentation of the Ambassadors of Mentoring Awards by Comcast

11:30 am – 12:30 pm:
Lunch (legislators are invited to attend and meet mentor matches)
Group Photos for Programs

-Move across street to Vermont Statehouse-

12:45 pm: Gather in House Chambers
1:00 pm: Mentoring Month Resolution by the House of Representatives
1:30 pm: Tours of the Statehouse

-Conclusion of Event-