Dear
Community Partner:
We invite you to join us at the “Mentor Youth! Initiative ” a
month-long outreach campaign held in January 2010 focusing attention on the
need for mentoring at Emerald Event Center in Greensboro, NC. SHIELD would like to
welcome local organizations to reserve a table at the “Mentor Youth! Initiative
Fair.” On behalf of the SHIELD
Mentor Program (SHIELD), we would like to take this opportunity to provide you with additional information about our “Mentor Youth! Initiative
Fair.”
“Mentor
Youth! Initiative Fair” will be a collaborative effort between SHIELD and local mentoring
organizations to create excitement about mentoring with an opportunity to
showcase their programs and draw attention to the importance of mentor-mentee
relationships while raising awareness about the benefits of mentoring, which
will include informational tables, workshops and guest speakers. This resource
fair will feature highlights from successful mentoring programs in our
community, testimonials from local mentors making a difference and provide
opportunities for interested community residents to get involved. You may get involved by doing one of
the following:
1.
Setup a nonprofit/youth-serving organization table.
2.
Facilitate a workshop.
3.
Announce the Mentor Youth! Initiative on your website. The link is
http://www.shieldyouth.com/mentoryouth.aspx.
4. Pre-register a group
of youth to attend the events from your organization. Space is limited.
5. Submit a mentoring
success story to be included on the website and in the “Mentor Youth!
Initiative Minutes” newsletter. Send a picture of a mentor/mentee match from your organization and a paragraph about them.
6. Download and print brochures and/or posters. Let us know if we can provide you with additional copies.
If your organization would like to participate, please return the Table Registration Form. If you have additional questions, please contact our Executive Director, Precious McKoy at 336-337-2771 or mckoyp@shieldyouth.com.
We thank you in advance for your support of the SHIELD Mentor Program; when our community pulls together our limits are boundless.