LAPORTE COUNTY
MENTORING COLLABORATIVE
Mentoring focuses on building healthy supportive relationships between a caring adult and a child/youth. Mentoring creates opportunities to help youth to dream beyond their current life challenges and set a path toward personal and academic success.
Mentoring can help youth as they go through challenging life transitions, including dealing with stressful changes at home or transitioning to adulthood. Close, healthy, supportive relationships between mentors and mentees that last for a significant portion of time (i.e., more than one year) are central to success.
The LaPorte County Mentoring Collaborative was formed to promote mentoring throughout our local communities, share best practices to support our youth, and work together to provide effective mentor training.
Sign up to be a mentor by contacting the organization of your choice below.
Slicer Champions School Based Mentoring Program
Amanda Lower, Program Specialist
Email: alower@lpcsc.k12.in.us
Phone: 219-362-3102 ex 61027
https://www.lpcsc.k12.in.us/en-US/mentoring-d9d97fc3
While all students need consistent supportive adults in their lives, sometimes not all students have someone “in their corner”. Slicer Champions help students to set goals, problem-solve challenges and celebrate successes. Mentors are provided training and support throughout the mentoring relationship. The time spent with our youth opens doors to learning for both the mentor and mentee. “A mentor is someone who walks before you to guide you and alongside you to show you what you can do.” Consider becoming a Slicer Champions mentor.
Youth Service Bureau's School Buddies program
Stephanie Fleshman
(219) 362-9587 x107
schoolbuddies@csinet.net
The School Buddies program makes a positive difference in the lives of young people through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with caring adults. The School Buddies program helps students with building self-esteem and confidence as well as encouraging students to realize true potential. This program can make a huge difference in a child’s life!
School Buddies is one-to-one mentoring that takes place in the schools. Volunteers meet with students one hour a week during the school day on school grounds. During match visits, a Big Buddy can help a Little Buddy with homework, talk about their school day, play a game and just be a friend in a child’s life.
Being a friend one hour a week to a student in the School Buddies program makes a difference!
Family Advocate’s CYA Program
Brenda Stellema
(219) 561-1526)
bstellema@lpfamilyadvocates.com
Every day, there are struggling adolescents who wish there was someone who they could talk to express their concerns; someone who represents their feelings without bias; a positive role model to look up to and interact with. A CAYA is that person who listens and understands and represents the best interest of the youth. Volunteers are needed who have experiences to share and time to give to a youth in need. Whether it is tutoring, sharing a movie, a game of bowling or just a quick phone call, the impact on a teen can be huge. Our volunteers have diversified backgrounds, experience and cultural differences. We need your talents to assist our community youth!
PSA** Family Advocates are IN NEED of volunteers. Please reach out if you would like to help!
MCAS Safe Harbor’s H40 Mentoring Program
Brenda Johnstone
bjohnstone@mcas.k12.in.us
MCAS youth meet one hour per week with their mentor. Meetings take place in a designated area within the child's school, under the support of a Hours for Ours school site coordinator. Youth and mentors spend time playing games, talking and building relationships based on support and trust. The mentor is an emotional 'cheerleader' for the child as he/she grows and begins to realize their potential and sprout dreams for their future.