National Mentoring Month

January is National Mentoring Month!

A coalition of nonprofit organizations have teamed up with leading communications companies to promote National Mentoring Month—an annual, concentrated burst of national and local media activity combined with community outreach. The goals of the National Mentoring Month are to:

Raise awareness of mentoring in its various forms;
Recruit individuals to mentor, especially in programs that have a waiting list of young people;
Promote the rapid growth of mentoring by recruiting organizations — companies, faith communities, schools and community groups — to encourage their constituents to become mentors to young people.

How is Virginia Mentoring Partnership involved in National Mentoring Month?

VMP promotes National Mentoring Month in local and state media markets and through our Annual Statewide Mentoring Awards event, held in late January or early February of each year.

Who is sponsoring National Mentoring Month?

The Harvard Mentoring Project
MENTOR/The National Mentoring Partnership
The Corporation for National and Community Service

How to participate