Support for education
  • Mentors help keep students in school.
  • Students who meet regularly with their mentors are 52% less likely than their
    peers to skip a day of school and 37% less likely to skip a class (Public/Private
    Ventures study of Big Brothers Big Sisters)

Support with day-to-day living
  • Mentors help improve a young person's self esteem.
  • Improved communication and social skills
  • Youth who meet regularly with their mentors are 46% less likely than their
    peers to start using illegal drugs and 27% less likely to start drinking
    (Public/Private Ventures study of Big Brothers Big Sisters)
  • About 40% of teenager's waking hours are spent without companionship or
    supervision.  Mentors provide teens with a valuable place to spend free time.
  • Exposes them to life skills that they often do not get exposure to at home.
  • Leads to more positive, trusting relationship between mentees parents and
    peers.

Support in the workplace
  • Mentors help young people set career goals and start taking steps to realize
    them.
  • Mentors can use their personal contacts to help young people meet industry
    professionals, find internships, and locate job possibilities.
  • Mentors can help their mentees learn how to seek and keep jobs.

                                  Taken from www.mentoring.org
About Volunteering as a Mentor
"You Can Make A Difference!"
In January, we had an etiquette workshop
and dinner for our mentors and mentees.
Debbie Fleece helps Jessica with the
proper way to hold the utensils!
For the dinner, everyone had to dress nicely
(above on left) is a mentor with Moore
Buddies and the Etiquette Workshop and
Dinner was her idea!  She was able to plan
and coordinate this activity!  Above is her
mentee Najjiya and her fiancee.  Thank you
Danielle!  Everyone loved it!!
Larry Hinton attended the dinner with his
lovely wife Cathy and his mentee Deondre.
Ron Davis brought his mentee
Matthew and Matthew's sister.
Bob Sasser, a Moore Buddies
was unable to attend.
volunteering you can either call
"Forms" tab and fill out a
Volunteer Application.  It can then
be mailed, faxed or emailed to us!