- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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16 people are interested
Mentors Needed
ORGANIZATION: SOTM Life Skills Center
Please visit the new page to apply.
- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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16 people are interested
Assisting individuals in developing a strong support system mentor and mentee are paired up and make a one-year commitment to one another. The mentor provides support, counsel, reinforcement and serves as a positive role model. Both partners gain the benefit of companionship, encouragement, and both are challenge to develop greater levels of integrity. We offer one-on-one mentoring, group mentoring and e-mentoring to individuals. Interested in Mentoring please complete the application and mail back to: SOTM, Inc-Supporting Others Through Mentoring, 549 W. Wheatland Road , Duncanville Texas 75116 or call 972-709-1180. or visit mentoring.org to complete an application:
Mentor Role
- Take the lead in supporting a young person through an ongoing, one-to-one relationship
- Serve as a positive role model and friend
- Build the relationship by planning and participating in activities together
- Strive for mutual respect
- Build self-esteem and motivation
- Help set goals and work toward accomplishing them
Benefits
- Personal fulfillment through contribution to the community and mentees
- Satisfaction in helping someone mature, progress, and achieve goals
- Training sessions and group activities
- Participation in a mentor Life Skills support group
- Mileage and expenses are tax deductible
- Personal ongoing support, supervision to help the match succeed
- Mentee/mentor group activities, complimentary tickets to community events, participant recognition events
More opportunities with SOTM Life Skills Center
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About SOTM Life Skills Center
Location:
549 W. Wheatland Road, Duncanville, TX 75116, US
Mission Statement
MISSION
SOTM is a Life Skills Mentoring organization empowering individuals to reach their full potential.
VISION
The vision of SOTM is that each individual has the life skills needed to succeed.
OBJECTIVES
To provide life skills mentoring to individuals 13 and older:
- Intellectually: By offering life skills training classes, sponsoring life skills seminars, workshops and other life skills educational events. Encouraging leadership development personally, professionally and relationally.
- Emotionally: By providing a place where individuals can safely vent emotions, change self-defeating behaviors and search new and healthy options.
- Spiritually: By providing a religion-free environment and helping individuals to reconnect to their spirituality.
- Physically: By encouraging the development of healthy habits and developing internal as well as external beauty. Providing an outreach for the community.
Description
ABOUT SOTM
SOTM, Inc. - Supporting Others Through Mentoring is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The SOTM Life Skills Mentoring concept is based on assisting individuals in developing their absolute best. SOTM recognizes the limitless influence of healthy men and women to our communities, families, churches and workplace. Therefore SOTM believes it is imperative that we pay close attention to the well being of our most valuable community assets - its people. We believe communities cannot grow until its people grow. In that schools, companies, churches, families and communities only succeed when the people that make them up succeed.
PURPOSE
We seek to serve, support, esteem and empower individuals in the community.
SOTM CORE VALUES
- Maintaining cultural sensitivity that enables all to participate.
- Love, support, worth, understanding and acceptance are openly expressed.
- A strong sense of cohesion.
- Differences in opinions and perspectives are valued.
PROGRAMS & SERVICES
- Life Skills Mentoring
- Life Skills Training
- Life Skills Counseling
- Community Outreach
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
549 W. Wheatland RoadDuncanville, TX 75116
DATE POSTED
June 28, 2018
SKILLS
- General Education
- Mentoring
- Family Therapy
- Office Management
- Project Management
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 4 hours monthly