Roanoke Mentoring

Description: Roanoke Mentoring is designed to match children with a mentor for a year. Mentors will provide mentees with fun community outings, homework help, and other fun activities. Tomorrow’s Leaders and Tomorrow’s Junior Leaders foster a fun and safe environment for children to focus on learning leadership skills, team-building skills, and community engagement.

Special Requirements:

• Roanoke Mentoring requires all volunteers and mentors to complete CPS & Criminal Background checks
• Roanoke Mentoring will allow youth 16-17 years old to volunteer with parental consent

Duties

Mentors:

• Mentoring a student for 1 year;
• Meeting with mentees for four hours each month at various locations; and
• Hanging out and building rapport with mentees to help with goal setting & homework, employment goals, etc.

Volunteers:

• Assisting with crafts and other projects as needed.

Dates and times available

Mentors:

• Monday–Friday: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. (schedule to be coordinated with Program Leader)

Volunteers:

• Monday–Friday: 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (schedule to be coordinated with Program Leader)