Community-Based Mentoring Blasts Off! Starting in the fall, middle and high school matches were allowed to visit approved sites throughout the Moab region. 100% of participating students expressed enthusiasm for this type of mentoring over school-based mentoring. A seventh grade student said, "I like community based mentoring better because we can just go, just me and [...]
Mentoring Idea of the Month #1: Visit the Youth Garden Project and do service! Do you and your mentee want to get outside, work with your hands, and soak in some spring sunshine? TheYouth Garden Project would love to host any mentors and mentees to volunteer with planting, weeding and harvesting veggies this growing season! [...]
Nutrition Training (and Moonflower Tour) April 4, 4:30-5:30 HMK Elementary School, Room 141 (The classroom workshop will be followed promptly by a tour of Moonflower Community Cooperative 5:45-6:15) This workshop will cover entertaining and beneficial nutrition topics, including but not limited to: The truth about fats and sugar The importance of eating balanced meals throughout [...]
In a February 7, 2019 Chronicle of Evidence-Based Mentoringpost, Dr. Jean Rhodes brought practitioners’ attention to an important lens through which to view mentoring. She writes: In previous columns, I have discussed the benefits of drawing from prevention science – a field that provides a rigorous template for assessing and targeting youth needs and evaluating and [...]
“The Mentor Experience” Training! March 13, 4:30-5:30pm, HMK Elementary School, Room 141 We almost always focus on the mentees and how mentoring impacts them. This time, we will focus on the mentors and explore the possibility that mentoring changes our brains. Additionally, we’ll talk about the stress of being a mentor and ways to take care [...]
Using Your Trauma-Sensitive Lens Some youth have adverse experiences that affect how they mature and relate to the world. Mentors can use these tips to buffer against challenging behaviors. These strategies help create an environment of safety, and over time, by reinforcing new neural pathways, they can help a child learn healthy ways to manage [...]
January is National Mentoring Month! This is the season to celebrate Moab’s mentors and youth. We also seek to expand opportunities for quality mentoring. Don’t miss the cool upcoming events! Mentor Volunteer Celebration! Enjoy some of Moonflower Community Cooperative’s favorite dishes at our party on January 15that 6pm. Mark your calendar! It will be held [...]
Idea of the month (reprise): Make art to support mentoring! Whip out your paintbrushes and prepare to tap into your inner Picasso: From January 10thto January 31st, Grand Area Mentoring will host an online art auction featuring mentor/mentee creative masterpieces. All proceeds will benefit Grand Area Mentoring and help the program provide activity supplies, sports [...]
Best of Both Worlds At first glance, school-based mentoring is the perfect design to support children in Moab. Young mentees thrive under the care of their mentors. Other students regularly approach program staff to ask, “Can I have a mentor?” They see their at-risk peers spend time with kind adults – shooting hoops, solving Rubik’s [...]
Neural Development Training w/ Nan Marquardt. When:November 7th, 4:30-5:30pm Where:HMK Elementary, Room 141 It’s tempting to think of brain development as something that “just happens.” The reality is much more complicated and much more interesting! The importance of environmental influences, including relationships with other people like mentors, is just beginning to be understood. This workshop [...]