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Thanks for your help in giving students access to mentors in Ferndale and Lynden!
Mentors: We need caring adults willing to invest one hour a week as a mentor to build a relationship with one young person. Every mentor has the potential to impact a student’s life through high school graduation and beyond.
Money: BTO is a program of Partners For Schools, a qualified 501c3.PFS funds a full-time Be the One mentor coordinator position at each school as a gift from the community. As a critical component of the program, the mentor coordinator successfully matches students with mentors, and supports their developing relationships through frequent check-ins and on-going training.
The BTO Community Engagement Team in each community takes responsibility for ensuring on-going community funding and mentor recruitment for the long-term sustainability of youth mentoring.
All Be the One Community Mentoring Programs are 100% locally funded by individuals, businesses, and organizations committed to ensuring our youth have access to a quality mentoring relationship.
You can make a difference in Ferndale or Lynden:
Volunteer to Mentor
Donate any amount today
Partner—a monthly donation
Sponsor—a 3-year commitment of $500 or more per year
Join the Ferndale or Lynden Community Engagement Team
Join us for upcoming Mentor Equipping Sessions.
November 19/20 Monday, 6:30-8:00pm or Tuesday 8:30-10:00 am
February 11/12 Monday, 6:30-8:00pm or Tuesday 8:30-10:00 am
March 11/12 Monday, 6:30-8:00pm or Tuesday 8:30-10:00 am
November’s topic is “Resilience” with guest teacher Mike Black, who is a certified school counselor and professional therapist.
Saturday School is Principal Ian Freeman's brilliant idea. He wanted to make a hearty breakfast and homework help available to LHS student's once a month. We are told some students come for the hot breakfast and end up staying due to the great positive atmosphere of the study hall!
Last Saturday 24 students student's participated. Thanks to NHS volunteers who make homework help possible.
A special shout out this week to Lynden Safeway for donating the food and to Woods Coffee for donating the hot drinks. Breakfast was cooked and served by Nancy and Denny McHarness, our "up for anything" and hugely generous partners in the Be The One Mentoring Program.
“It’s nice having someone to listen to me, that’s really all I need.” The number #1 desire of a mentee is to be listened to.
Students shared that they frequently feel alone, lack confidence, and just need someone who cares and will listen. Everyone needs connection.
Read MoreShe trusted her mentor to share this heavy load for the first time... Together we were able to get her in to mental health counseling. I’m so glad she had her mentor to talk to in this critical moment. Relationships save lives.
... They have been working on self-advocating: because the student lacks confidence and is frequently indecisive,... that skill is translating to other parts of his life. ... He now trusts his mentor and is starting to open up about more serious concerns in his life. Small steps make a difference.
Read MoreThe following is compiled from the end of the year reports of Margaret Vailencour at Lynden Middle School and Lisa Reynolds at Lynden High School.
Read MoreThe following survey responses are based on students we currently serve and their mentors. (50 active LHS matches)
Read MoreMay was Mental Health Awareness month, but just because it's now June doesn't mean that mental health issues go away. Current research indicates that approximately 20% of teens are impacted by a mental health issue in some way.
Read MoreOur mentoring success rate is well above the national average - there are many factors that go into what makes for a successful mentoring relationship and it is an area of current research.
Read MoreImprovisation is well-known as comedy and entertainment, but during the past decade it has grown as a method of teaching and learning as well, says Robert Kulhan, adjunct professor of business administration at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, and CEO of Business Improvisations.
Read MoreWe all love our communities and value supporting those things that continue to make our communities what they are. Being able to walk down a main street and stop in at the florist shop run by your neighbor, the 3rd generation paint store, or the hardware store you worked at as a kid, is an experience that helps shape our sense of community.
Read MoreI’ll be the first to admit it… There are people from my past who don’t like me. People who I care deeply for, yet our relationship has been fractured by a seemingly irreparable disagreement. However, I also have relationships with people who’ve allowed our hurtful disagreements to be transformed into healed acceptance.
Read MoreI recently was sent an article about the future of American Manufacturing - the good news is that it is far from dead but it is in the midst of a significant transition and in order to keep American Manufacturing alive and well our students must be prepared to adapt.
Read MoreFollowing is a summary of The Mentoring Effect—a 2014 study Published by MENTOR which was the first ever study of young people’s perspectives and experience. 18-24 year old’s were interviewed about impact of previous mentoring on their lives. In the past 20 years—mentored youth in the US has grown from 300,00 to 4.5 million, but still 1/3 of youth report they have never had a mentor (prior to turning 19).
Read MoreWhen I first met Diana, she was in the office at the school where I worked for punching a girl in the cafeteria. She was furious, clenching her fists and fuming as she waited to talk to our principal and find out her fate.
Read MoreCurrently in America today there approximately 3 million jobs that are going unfilled. This is not because not enough people are going to college. it is because “too many” people are going to college and not enough are learning the trades that keep our roads paved, the lights on, and the water flowing.
Read MoreIn looking at our LHS students with mentors, we found that 72% of them performed well academically or showed significant gains this past semester. Lisa Reynolds, our coordinator, reported that "several students have continued earning good grades, and others brought up grades significantly from failing mid-term marks."
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