Be The One Mentoring Coalition

Big Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington          Catholic Community Services Foster Grandparent Program          Community Youth Services Foster Care to College Mentoring Program          Girl Scouts of Western Washington          Hispanic Roundtable Latino Mentoring Program          North Thurston Public Schools          Thurston County Youth Court          Thurston TOGETHER! Neighborhood Center / After School Programs

 

ABOUT BE THE ONE


Be the One Mentoring Coalition is a collaborative effort to promote mentoring of youth in Thurston and Mason Counties. The Coalition is a group of organizations that are united in an effort to recruit and support volunteers, raise awareness about the need for mentors, and convey the benefits that mentoring programs provide to the community. The Coalition meets on the 1st Wednesday of each month. For a list of meeting dates, please click here.

Our goals are to:
 

1.    Increase awareness about the positive impacts of mentoring. 

  • Benefits include better attendance and attitude toward school, less drug and alcohol use, improved social attitudes and relationships, most trusting relationships and better communication with parents and a better chance of going on to high educations.

Source: Mentoring: A Promising  Strategy for Youth Development

  • Mentoring promotes healthy relationships between adults and youth as well as their peers.

2.  Recruit positive volunteers for our community's youth waiting for a mentor. Currently there is a need for 572 volunteers for youth on wait lists.

 

  • Thurston and Mason Counties have many excellent youth programs that are experiencing a shortage of volunteers to meet the demands for mentors.

3.   Provide individuals and organizations the opportunity to contribute funds, resources, or time towards mentoring programs or Be The One Mentoring Coalition.

  • Mentoring programs provide the necessary support, training and safety measures for programs to be effective and productive.