The Purpose of the Mentoring Program:

• Provide a positive adult role model for youth

• Establish communication, trust, and respect

• Raise the youth's self esteem and outlook on life

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The Partners Organization Provides:

• Staff support and monthly contact

• Free or low cost activities and life skills workshops twice a month

• Senior Partner training​

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Mentors are asked to spend 3 hours a week with their Jr. Partner which could mean a lifetime of difference to a child in need of guidance. The first step in becoming a Partners' Mentor is effortless. Simply attend a Partners’ sponsored orientation (noncommittal). During this session, it can be determined if the program will work for you!

What is involved in becoming a Mentor (Sr. Partner)?

Friendly Fridays, Rafting Trips, and Bike Club!

Who are the kids (Jr. Partners)?

• Our Jr. Partners are referred to us by various outside agencies. They are children who need a positive and stable adult role model in their lives.

• There are 90 kids currently on the wait-list... we are always in need of more Sr. Partners!

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• ​1 in 3 young people are growing up without a mentor outside their family. This is the mentoring gap in America. 

• That’s 9 million young people without a mentor outside their family to walk alongside them through their journey. 

• At a time when much of the focus is on what divides us, MENTOR research shows that there is something the majority of Americans agree on: mentoring relationships are powerful tools for connection and are critical to our country’s future.

• Americans are overwhelmingly crossing racial, economic, and other bridges to mentor young people outside their families.

• More than 80% of adults agree with government investment in mentoring, and more than two-thirds are already mentoring or willing to consider it.

2019 was a great year for the Mentoring Program and here are just a few of our accomplishments:

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• As of today there over 100 active Partnerships 

• 23 youth were matched with a Senior Partner

• 768 kids attended 87 activities such as rafting, Get Air, and mountain biking

• Adult volunteers spent over 11,000 hours mentoring young people in Mesa County

• Positive collaborations include CMU and Colorado Canyons Association

Please contact our amazing mentoring staff:

Blake Ammon, Program Manager

bammon@mesapartners.org

970-730-2069 

Mary D'Amico, Case Manager

MDAmico@mesapartners.org

970-730-2037

Joe Funk, Case Manager

jfunk@mesapartners.org

970-730-2060

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Main phone: 970-245-5555 ext. 101, 108, or 105

From bottom left to top right: Joe, Blake, and Mary!