Windsor County Mentors has been creating and maintaining quality one-to-one mentoring matches for over 40 years! They match carefully-screened caring adults volunteering their time with boys and girls ranging from ages 5 to 18. These mentoring pairs foster relationships that are fun, trusting, and powerful. With over 1500 mentoring...
This month, MENTOR Vermont joined VTDigger’s podcast The Vermont Conversation with David Goodman, along with other mentoring programs to discuss the impact Covid-19 has had on our youth, and the importance mentoring has in the State of Vermont and across the nation. MENTOR Vermont’s Executive Director Chad Butt joins Kimberley...
MENTOR Vermont, in partnership with youth mentoring programs, youth mentees, volunteer mentors, legislators, and business supporters, celebrated Vermont Mentoring Month with a variety of online initiatives and events throughout January. Comcast and MENTOR Vermont partnered for the seventh straight year to commemorate mentoring with a virtual awards ceremony recognizing...
Make a Donation to Support Youth Mentoring in Vermont! Greetings, With support from individual donors, MENTOR Vermont has been able to assist mentoring programs across Vermont to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and meet the needs of mentors, youth, and families in their local communities. Given the long-term effects of...
At the end of September, Benji Thurber transitioned out of his role as communications director at MENTOR Vermont. I am filled with gratitude and appreciation for Benji and the immense impact he’s had on the organization. Benji has done so much for MENTOR Vermont and the Vermont youth mentoring...
Make a Donation to Support Youth Mentoring in Vermont! Dear Reader, Mentoring is more important now than ever. Youth of all ages are experiencing unprecedented levels of upheaval and social disconnection during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this time of uncertainty, having a mentor can provide stability and connection that...
Hello Vermont youth mentoring practitioners, In response to Governor Scott’s Amended Executive Order today (November 13), MENTOR Vermont strongly recommends that all youth mentoring programs in Vermont pause all in-person mentoring until further notice and mentor matches focus on staying connected remotely. While the Order itself is focused on banning social gatherings...
Update (9/17/2020): Your Voice Has Been Heard! Yesterday, we asked for your help in reaching out to the Vermont Department for Children and Families (DCF), your local state senators, and the Governor’s office to ask them to restore youth mentoring funding to its established level of $170,000 in the...
Burlington, VT—MENTOR Vermont recently awarded four COVID-19 Response Grants, totaling $174,014, to youth mentoring agencies in rural communities in northwest, northeast, southwest, and southeast Vermont. This one-time funding in response to the pandemic comes from a larger, $1.25 million three-year federal grant that the Vermont Department for Children and...
Note: This letter/post was published on March 16. Visit our continually updated COVID-19 Recommendations and Resources page for the most up-to-date information and resources. Hello Vermont Mentoring Community, With the closure of Vermont’s schools due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MENTOR Vermont recommends that all mentoring programs suspend all in-person...
