Becoming a Mentor

All you need is a listening ear, a caring heart, and an open mind. Mentors are listeners first and foremost. Mentors offer friendship, guidance, acceptance and encouragement to young people.

To get started you must:

• be at least 18 years old
• complete our online application and background check*
• commit to mentoring a minimum of one hour per week, during the school year
• attend a mandatory 2-hour mentor orientation

*Griffin-Spalding County School system administers the required background check. The cost of the processing fee is $15 and the responsibility of the mentor volunteer.

Youth in mentoring relationships that lasted more than 12 months felt more confident about completing their schoolwork, skipped school less often, had higher grades, and had a lower rate of drug/alcholol use.

Short-term relationships of 3-6 months typically show no significant improvement, and even briefer relationships will likely have a negative impact on the child. -www.childtrends.org

By committing to this effort, WE can impact the future of our local students, one child at a time.