The Need for Mentorship
In our community:
1 in 3 8th-11th graders don’t feel that adults in their community care about them at least “some” (a little or not at all)
1 in 4 8th graders and 1 in 5 9th and 11th graders do not know what programs are available in their community.
(Minnesota Student Survey – 2016 Olmsted County 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 4,315 students)
Programs in the Rochester area are making a difference, but:
- Y mentors – 60% of mentees unmatched
- Alternative Learning Center (ALC) – The youth at ALC, who are already identified as being at-risk, often feel as if everyone else has given up on them.
- Bolder Options – can take 3 months (in some cases over a year) to match a mentee with a mentor. Huge need for 25-40 years of age for mentors
What effect can mentoring have?
Young Adults Who Were At-Risk for Falling Off Track But Had a Mentor Are:
What are we trying to accomplish?
Our main goal is to bridge the gap between the number of mentors and mentees by
- Informing the community of mentorship need
- Aligning mentors with youth organizations through a web-based application.
- Activating our workforce to invest in the future
How can you help?
- Become a mentor or volunteer
- Donate to the cause
- Spread the word and create awareness
- Share your success stories
GET INVOLVED
We’ve partnered with Mentor Minnesota and their Mentoring Connector volunteer database to connect community partners, mentors, and mentees.
For more information and to get started, please consider the following:
- Click here to Find A Mentor Program in the Rochester area
- Click here if you are a Community Partner and want to get signed up
Who are we?
We are the Leadership Greater Rochester (LGR) class of 2018. LGR is a comprehensive ten-month leadership development course created by the Rochester Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The program’s mission is to develop leaders through participation in personal, professional and community activities designed to encourage individual responsibility for taking an active leadership role in the future vitality of the greater Rochester area. Leadership Greater Rochester welcomes participants from various industries and organizations.
