United Way's BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL MENTOR

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MENTORS NEEDED! Be A Middle School Mentor is still accepting mentors for the current school year through January 2020. Many students are patiently waiting to participate and benefit from the guidance and support that a mentor provides. Won't you consider mentoring and answer the call?

Launched in 2009, United Way’s Be A Middle School Mentor (BAMSM) is one of the largest mentoring initiatives in Allegheny County. BAMSM targets the critical middle school years as transition years in which 40-60% of students begin to lose interest in education. BAMSM mentoring is proven to produce positive outcomes for youth in areas of Attendance, Behavior and Course Completion (the ABC's of success). BAMSM mentors meet with their mentees for 45 minutes to one hour per week between October and May at their chosen school site. Each mentoring match explores careers and future aspirations, helps build character, prepares for high school transition, emphasizes daily attendance, and develops a plan to achieve academic success.

United Way’s BAMSM initiative is in partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools, The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania, and seven mentoring agency partners (Big Brothers Big Sisters, Communities In Schools, Higher Achievement, Mt. Ararat Community Activity Center, The Consortium for Public Education, and Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh, and YWCA).

Be A Middle School Mentor is a great way for adults to positively impact the life of a middle school student. If you feel this may be of interest to you, please reach out for more details on this highly successful and impactful mentoring initiative.

Giving of your time and talent will help guide, inspire and propel our local youth to a bright future!

Thank You,

Damon Bethea, Mentor Project Director
412-456-6770
Damon.bethea@unitedwayswpa.org

Kathy Rodriguez, Mentor Recruitment
412-456-6822
Kathy.rodriguez@unitedwayswpa.org

https://uwswpa.org/be-a-middle-school-mentor/