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5 Reasons Why You Should Make Mentoring A Priority

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentors: Bobby Deleon and Michel Daniel and students from ECHS - Speed Networking. As one who has always considered their work in the sector a “ calling ” versus a job, I’ve been lucky to have some amazing mentors. 5 Reasons Why Should Make Mentoring A Priority by Porter Gale.

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Why Now is the Time for Boys & Girls Clubs of America to Invest in Digital

Saleforce Nonprofit

For more than a century, Boys & Girls Clubs around the country opened their doors each day to millions of kids and teens, literally and symbolically. The pandemic was a reminder of just how important the relationships are between our Club mentors and the kids they serve. ” Digitizing Operations to Prioritize Relationships.

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Texting Teen Mentees for Better Communication

NTEN

For 15 years, the small staff of the HOWA Family Center has worked to enrich lives through mentoring for children, families and communities. Although kids all carry cell phones and use them constantly, they use them in a different way than adults tend to use them. read more

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How to Design a Fundraising Landing Page that Makes Giving Easy and Inspires People to Give

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Say THANK YOU in big letters, followed by a sincere note of appreciation that says something like: “Thanks to you, more teens will be able to attend school and plan their careers. More teens will have the support of loving mentors and other teens who share their goals.

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Amy Potthast, Idealist.org: How I Have Fun and Do Good

Have Fun - Do Good

Johns — my North Portland, Oregon, neighborhood — I've been working this year on a new, all-volunteer mentoring program for local teen parents. Johns Village Project is a moms-and-tots playgroup that brings together teen moms and adult moms, with all our kids. We're working on becoming a member program of Oregon Mentors.

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Ally Shares Her Experience in Program

ASU Lodestar Center

Swift Youth Foundation is an organization that focuses on supporting the social and emotional development of youth and enhances social awareness and leadership skills for teens through mentor relationships. Club Swift is an after-school program for teens in North Phoenix.

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Girls for a Change: Call for Mentors

Have Fun - Do Good

Girls for a Change , a nonprofit that pairs women with middle and high school girls to help them create social change in their communities, is looking for mentors in the Bay Area and Phoenix. Mostly, they are discovering as one team member, Thalia, put it: "I'm learning that teen girls can get together and change their community."