Monday, June 4th, was the third annual Vermont Mentoring Symposium. This year’s Symposium featured workshops directed towards post-secondary education/opportunities, understanding/addressing ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences), and improving program practices, and a keynote address by David Shapiro, CEO of MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership. The morning began with remarks from Ken...
On Thursday March 22, more than 200 mentors, mentees, and program coordinators from mentoring programs across Chittenden,Grand Isle, Franklin, and Addison counties attended the 2018 ECHO Community Science Night, hosted by ECHO, LeahyCenter for Lake Champlain. ECHO is Burlington’s Lake Aquarium and Science Center, located right on the waterfront...
Each January, during National Mentoring Month, Mobius hosts an event that convenes mentors, mentees, mentoring program staff, legislators, and mentoring supporters across Vermont to honor volunteer mentors for their service and raise awareness of the importance of mentoring. This year’s Mentoring Celebration was held January 31, acting as a...
My name is Rajnii Eddins, and I am a mentor, a spoken word/hip hop artist, and an arts educator. I was contacted in January of 2017 by Lee Ann Donner, the former mentoring coordinator of Spectrum, who invited me to create a rap in celebration of...
“It was such an upper to see my mentee, who is at an age at which it’s hard to hold still, sitting quietly for long minutes with his arm outstretched in front of him, waiting for a butterfly to alight.” – A mentor from the Milton Mentors! program On...
The National Mentoring Summit, convened by MENTOR each year at the conclusion of National Mentoring Month, brings together over 1,000 youth mentoring professionals, advocates, researchers, philanthropic investors, and government and civic leaders for three days of advocacy and professional development. At this year’s event, earlier this February, 11 Vermont...
“Mentoring is such a great way to take action towards supporting and building our communities, it was really inspirational to see so many mentors who work towards that goal gathered in one place. I hope that the event will help build more momentum in expanding mentoring across Vermont.” –...
This year, I am the AmeriCorps VISTA member serving with Mobius, Vermont’s Mentoring Partnership. I began my time with Mobius in August 2016 and will complete my service year in August 2017, which means that each event and campaign we plan or participate in is the first time I will get...
Each month, Mobius creates a blog post highlighting mentoring program events from around the state. Would you like to see your event listed here (and referenced in Vermont’s Mentoring Newsletter)? Email [email protected] with a write-up that includes the location and date of your event, as well as a summary...
Each month, Mobius creates a blog post highlighting mentoring program events from around the state. Would you like to see your event listed here (and referenced in Vermont’s Mentoring Newsletter)? Email [email protected] with a write-up that includes the location and date of your event, as well as a summary...
