It’s National Mentoring Month – be a mentor and make a positive difference
January 15, 2009 by Jennifer
I’ve been meaning to tell you that January is National Mentoring Month which makes it the perfect time to jump on the mentoring bandwagon.
I’ve mentored with many programs; Big Sisters of America, school programs, a bully mentoring program and more. I’ve always gotten something positive out of the experience, and even better, so do the kids. I posted about my mentoring experiences in a previous post here at THF. Another b5 blogger who has also been a mentor is Tracee of Blog Fabulous. You can read about Tracee’s mentoring in the post Giving Time.
The National Mentoring Month Campaign has posted 10 cool things to do this January that can help you get started with mentoring.
- “Become a mentor in your community.
- Learn more about mentoring.
- Partner with a mentoring organization.
- Tell 5 friends about National Mentoring Month.
- Think about the mentors in your life and post a tribute to them online.
- Watch videos of celebrities such as Quincy Jones, Sting, Cal Ripken, Jr., talk about the mentors in their lives.
- Read the latest research and find resources on mentoring.
- Go to YouTube on Thank Your Mentor Day (January 22nd) and make the National Mentoring Month videos the most popular of the day!
- Serve your community on MLK Day of Service by deciding to become a mentor.
- Make a donation to a mentoring organization in your community“
If you read my mentoring post, you’ll see that I myself had a mentor growing up. That was a good thing because I came from a… let’s say, questionable family situation, and without my mentor, I may have turned out pretty screwed up. That said, mentoring is a very important topic to me so I’ll be posting some more information about this during the remainder of the month.
Have you mentored – or at least thought about giving it a whirl?