MAKING A REAL CONNECTION

At The Community Outreach volunteer mentors are trained to work with families to support them in their attempt to become more financially and domestically stable.

Mentors make a real connection and difference with the family to whom they are matched and the community in which they live.

Mentoring is a giving ear, providing a safe space for your match to have thoughts and take risks. It is being supportive and not teaching or preaching. Mentoring is about doing this for your match, not yourself. Good mentors are committed to being involved with another person. They are respectful of their match and his abilities and rights to make his own choices in life. Good mentors empower, not enable and have the ability to listen and accept differing points of view while empathizing with another person’s struggles.

Learn more about becoming a volunteer mentor.

Contact Sean@thecommunityoutreach.org or call 605-331-3935.