I hope you all are doing wonderfully. I've been getting great updates from you all by phone and email. Keep up the good work, and feel free to call with questions/concerns/good news. A lot of folks are doing a major mentor recruitment so that they will have at least 5 good matches made and meeting by the end of December. So...
Where are you getting your mentors?
Some CHIP members have been successful:
-Networking with AmeriCorps members on and off the team
-Sharing about the program with anyone and everyone
-Recruiting community leaders
-Speaking to fraternities
-Hanging fliers with rip-off tabs in Supermarkets, local businesses, on the street
-Building partnerships with other local mentoring organizations
-Posting on online volunteer sites such as: idealist.org / volunteermatch.org / local orgs
Other Places CHIP Members are trying to get mentors:
-NAACP meetings
-Bar/Restaurant publicity event/info session/ fundraiser
-University/college campus service organizations
-Newspaper publicity about the program
Let us know what works!
National Mentoring Month
I can order materials - check out the website to see if you want any posters, fliers, bookmarks, or cards: http://www.
Blog
I've tried the blog thing with the past two service groups. It has morphed a couple of times, but it has never taken off. Now members, I've made you all authors, so you should be able to post to the blog. It's public, so anyone can see it, but it is not a search-able blog, so here's the URL: http://childrenofincarcerated.
Feel free to start a new conversation thread if it's a tool you think you'll like to use to connect with each other and share ideas.
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