Erie County Mentoring Roundtable

Through a generous donation from the Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, several agencies in Erie County have come together to meet monthly to identify elements of best practice mentoring programs to improve capacity for youth with potential in our community. Current participants are:

Big Brother/Big Sister, First Hand Learning, Boy Scouts, YWAP, Joan A. Male Family Support Center, Kairos Prison Ministry, Compeer, Literacy Volunteers, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, The Family, and Buffalo Weed and Seed.

Others are welcome to join.

Meetings are held at the Compeer Office - 135 Delaware Avenue - Suite 210 883-3331

The next meeting will be August 29th at noon - Lunch is provided

Parking tickets will be validated.

Minutes 7-25-2007

http://www.lend-a-hand.net/

http://www.tutormentorexchange.net/

http://www.storycorps.net/listen/?s=mentors

http://www.wnyslc.org/817workshop.htm

The Western New York Service Learning Coalition is offering a workshop for community organizations and faculty, "Engaging College Students in Service at Your Organization". The link for information and registration is below.

http://www.wnyslc.org/news.htm

This is a moving interview on mentoring at Storycorps.

http://storycorps.net/listen/index.php?cat=4&submit=Browse+by+Category

Look for Ky-Antre Compton