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PROGRAM NEWS
The first quarterly report of 2014-2105 is available here. It is due by midnight on Oct. 31. No extensions will be granted after the cut off date. If you missed the last report, you must submit this one to remain in good standing. Thank you for providing this valuable information.
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NEW WEBSITE!!
After months of work by IMP AmeriCorps VISTA member Rachel Vastine, our newly redesigned website is now live at http://www.iowamentoring.org/.
Let us know if you find errors or have suggestions for improvement. Thank you.
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NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH
Materials are available again for National Mentoring Month.
Please order here by Nov 10th. We are receiving a limited number of materials from the National Mentoring Partnership but will do our best to accommodate all requests.
Mentoring Day on the Hill will be January 22, 2015. It's not too early to start planning. How will your program be represented an how will you engage your legislators at the capitol?
Excellence in Mentoring Awards are presented in a ceremony at the capitol to outstanding mentors. Nomination forms are available here and are due on November 10th.
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COACHES CHALLENGE
We are off to a slow start, but I am sure the October report will be better. Please report coaches challenge recruits by Oct 10 here.
If you haven't already, encourage your local coach to sign up here. Engage your local high school or college team. Here's just one story of partnering with a local program from Kelsey Tyrell at Community! Youth Concepts in Des Moines:
Our mentoring program partnered with Lincoln High School to hold "Mentoring Night" on Friday September 12th. We honored three of our outstanding mentors who have matches at Lincoln right before the varsity game and distributed information about how families can get involved. Coach Andy Campbell was very supportive of this event and will be encouraging Lincoln community members to support mentoring youth across Des Moines. Their mentees even got the chance to present their awards to their mentors and enjoyed watching a free game between the Roughriders and the Railsplitters!
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MENTOR RECRUITMENT
MENTOR's Volunteer Referral System
Many programs are listed on the National Mentoring Partnership's VRS, however, several programs have updated information. You may edit your information or add your program here.
Coaches Challenge and other initiatives by MENTOR might direct attention to this resource, making it worth your time to update.
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MILLION WOMEN MENTORS and COACHES CHALLENGE EXPANSION
Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds was joined by StemConnector CEO Edie Fraser to announce a goal of recruiting 5000 STEM mentors for Iowa girls. The IMP is working closely with this group to connect potential mentors to programs in their area. This is a great opportunity to tap a new group of mentors to work with youth in your programs. Read more about Million Women Mentors Iowa here. Additionally, Sandy Hatfield Clubb, Drake University Director of Athletics announced that the Coaches Challenge is expanding to the women's basketball programs at Drake, UNI, Iowa State and the University of Iowa, as well as the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. More information will be coming about how to engage on the expanded coaches' challenge. Read more about the Lt. Governor's announcement here.
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MAKING THE CASE FOR MALE MENTORS
Esquire magazine is committed to recruiting more male mentors to help the next generation of boys grow up successfully. Their October issue is designed to inspire men to make a difference.
The Esquire microsite on mentoring is now live with many great features including several celebrities answering the question "Who made you the man you are today?" Check it out at mentoring.esquire.com/
You can also read an op-ed by David Shapiro, CEO of MENTOR at www.esquire.com/the-side/feature/mentoring-next-generation.
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