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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:
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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.
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Source: Mentoring:
A Promising Strategy for Youth Development
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- Mentoring
promotes healthy relationships between adults and youth as
well as their peers.
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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.
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3.
Provide
individuals and organizations the opportunity to contribute
funds, resources, or time towards mentoring programs
or
Be The One Mentoring Coalition.
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