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Bridge to Kids Mentoring Programs
Bowdoin mentors serve as caring young adults who help develop the confidence, character, and aspirations of local children. Mentors use this experience to discover the personal rewards of public service while also learning about the local community, local schools, and interaction with children.
What is Mentoring?
Mentoring is a structured and trusting relationship that brings young people together with caring, committed individuals who offer guidance, support and encouragement aimed at developing the confidence, competence and character of the mentee.
Why is mentoring important?
Mentoring is a strategy for helping young people succeed in life; quality consistent mentoring relationships help give young people the confidence, resources and skills they need to reach their potential.
mentoring.org
a great online resource for mentoring ideas!
What can you do?
Get involved with a Bowdoin student-led mentoring program:
- Bears and Cubs
- Blogging Buddies
- Bowdoin Central School Mentoring
- Falcon Friends
- Harpswell Islands Mentoring
- Mt. Ararat Middle School Mentoring
- Mt. Ararat High School Mentoring
- SmART (Art Mentoring at West Harpswell)
Work with a local mentoring organization:
Explore other groups working with children:
Download mentoring resources:
- Application for Bowdoin Mentoring Programs
Applications should be filled out completely and returned to Bobby Guerette in the Community Service Resource Center. - Mentor Handbook (2007-2008)
News for current mentors:
- Thank you to those mentors who wrote letters to their mentees over winter break!
- The Blogging Buddies online mentoring program was recently featured in the Portland Press Herald, on New England Cable News, and on the Bowdoin campus news site.
Questions? Contact Bobby Guerette, AmeriCorps*VISTA, at rguerett@bowdoin.edu.
Bowdoin is a member of the Merrymeeting Bay Mentoring Coalition, a local partnership dedicated to expanding and improving mentoring programs in the Cumberland and Sagadahoc counties.
Visit the coalition's site.