Announcements
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Champions
of Mentoring Auction & Luncheon
Friday
June 6, 2008
Sponsored by Holland America Line:
Aboard
the ms Amsterdam at Terminal 30 – Seattle
Congratulations
to all of our 2008 Champions of Mentoring!
Dr. Keith Renfrew
Lawrence and Eric
- Big Homie Program
Cherry and Kiara - Bremerton High School REACH
for Success
Angela and Chiquita - Rise n'Shine
Nicole and Jasmine - Girl Scouts Fostering
a Future
Greg and David - Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Snohomish County
Keith and LJ - Friends of Children of Walla
Walla
Jane, Bella and Daisy - YMCA ASPIRE
Maureen and Fernando - Communities in Schools
of Peninsula
Cynthia and Starcia - DSHS JRA Region Six Vancouver
Doug and Kevin - Communities in Schools of
Renton
Doug and Luis - Eastside Academy
Thanks to all of our guests and our sponsor Holland
America Line, more than $42,000 was raised in
support of Washington State Mentors.
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2007
Champions of Mentoring auction recipients were
given the opportunity to experience once-in-a-lifetime
items such as shadowing Governor Gregoire for
a day, throwing out the first pitch at a Mariners
game, playing the role of the grandmother in Pacific
Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker, and the list goes
on.
L to
R: Max & Chris, Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Puget Sound.
Honorary first pitch and catch at a Seattle Mariners
home game.
L to
R: Ana & Janet, Big Brothers Big Sisters of
Puget Sound.
Shadow Governor Christine Gregoire.
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2008
State of Mentoring Survey
Dear mentoring
practitioner,
Washington State Mentors
is conducting its annual state of mentoring survey.
Please tell us about your organization and how
we might better serve you. WSM has directed over
$3.75 million in grants to organizations that
have completed this survey.
The survey will take approximately
15 minutes to complete.
Please click on this link
to access the survey:
2008
State of Mentoring Survey
Several of the questions
in this survey have appeared on previous surveys,
but we ask that you answer them again. Survey
responses will allow us to track trends over time
and provide the most current information to those
interested in supporting Washington’s mentoring
community.
BY COMPLETING THE SURVEY,
YOUR ORGANIZATION WILL BE ENTERED IN OUR DRAWING
FOR ONE OF TWO $250 COSTCO GIFT CARDS.
Thank you for your participation!
Larry Wright, Executive
Director
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WASHINGTON
STATE MENTORS GRANTS $3.5 MILLION TO HELP AT-RISK
YOUTH IN 13 COUNTIES
This five-year project will serve up to 3,300
youth across the state and will help close the
mentoring gap in Washington. Executive Director
Larry Wright says, "We estimate 240,000 kids
in Washington could benefit from a mentor, but
fewer than 30,000 have one. A great deal remains
to be done for these young people; however, this
grant is a significant step towards reducing the
mentoring gap in our state."
Grantees
include:
Gonzaga
University's Center for Community Action and Service
Learning (CCASL)
Serving youth in Spokane County
$202,000
Volunteers
of America Western Washington
Serving youth in Skagit, Snohomish and Whatcom
Counties
$172,856
Big
Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest
Serving youth in Washington in Clark, Cowlitz,
Skamania and Wahkiakum Counties and two Oregon
Counties - Multnomah and Washington
$1,148,900
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Inland Northwest
Serving youth in Spokane County
$457,600
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Northwest Washington
Serving youth in Skagit and Whatcom Counties
$217,344
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound
Serving youth in Clallam, Jefferson, King, Kitsap
and Pierce Counties
$1,000,000
Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Snohomish County
Serving youth in Snohomish County
$144,000
An
additional set of small grants will be awarded
to agencies that serve high-risk youth.
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Press
Check
out articles recognizing mentoring throughout
the state:
National
Mentor of the Year
Press Release, 03/02/2006
Churches focus on serving the young
The Olympian, 01/29/2006
Program extols mentors’ value
The Olympian, 01/26/2006
Mentor
Making a Difference
Seattle Times, 01/23/2006
Mentoring
programs growing locally
Kitsap Sun, 01/12/2006
Volunteers
make “Big” difference in “Little” lives
Seattle Times, 12/12/2005
Spokane
Recognized Nationally
Spokane's Promise, 09/25/2005
Kids
Never Forget a Mentor
Department of Social and Health Services
Lt. Governor Brad Owen’s ‘Mentoring for our Future’
speech
Have
an article to add? Send a link to info@washingtonmentoring.org.
Recommended
Reading:
David
Dubois:
Handbook of Youth Mentoring
(2005)
Dr.
Susan Weinberger:
Mentoring
A Movement: My Personal Journey (2005)
Jill
Esau:
Start and Grow your Faith-Based
Nonprofit: Answering Your Call in the Service
of Others (2005)
Jean
Rhodes:
Stand by Me : The Risks and Rewards of Mentoring
Today's Youth, (The Family and Public Policy)
(2004)
A Critical View of Youth Mentoring: New Directions
for Youth Development, No. 93 (2002)
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