Celebrating National Mentoring Month with the Pittsburgh Steelers (January 2011)
To gear up for National Mentoring Month, we spent a day with the Steelers learning about their mentoring stories. Mentoring impacts everyone in a community and it was exciting to learn about who mentored some of our favorite Pittsburgh Steeler players.
» Check out the video clips here!
Celebrating 15 Years of Mentoring in Pittsburgh
On Thursday, October 28,2010, The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PA celebrated its 15th anniversary with a party at Consol Energy Center. Current and past MPSWPA board members and other friends of mentoring joined us as we reflected on the past 15 years and looked ahead to the excitement the future holds. Thank you to everyone for continuing to promote and support mentoring in our community. Here's to another 15 years!
View images from the event
January is National Mentoring Month
Help them get there. Be a mentor.
January is National Mentoring Month and Tuesday, January 25th, 2010 is "Thank Your Mentor Day." We're gearing up for a month full of fun and excitement as we continue to highlight the importance of mentoring in our community.
Thank you to all who joined us for our first Mentoring Open House on January 21, 2010. Mentors, representatives from mentoring agencies, staff, board of directors and potential mentors all came together to celebrate Thank Your Mentor Day. As part of the festivities we launched the You Tube Non Profit mentoring site we're hosting and taped new messages in our "video booth". We enjoyed great food and fellowship, an inspirational speech from Chairman of the Board of directors Kate Dewey, and together we watched the amazing speech about mentoring that President Obama delivered the day before.
» view event images
First Lady, Mrs. Obama Inspires at Mentoring Summit
(January 25, 2011)
Major mentoring organizations and corporate leaders came together during The National Mentoring Summit in Washington, D.C., to collaborate on supporting youth through mentoring.
» To Read Mrs. Obama's Remarks
We're moving! (January 2011)
Pop City detailed our plans to join several other Pittsburgh non-profits at a new location on Centre Avenue. Stay tuned for more information on when we're heading to our new home!
» Pop City Development News
Celebrating National Mentoring Month with Comcast
(January 2011)
Tonia Caruso interviews Director of Marketing and Communications Kristan Allen to talk about National Mentoring Month on Comcast Newsmakers.
» watch video (www.youtube.com)
» apply to become a mentor
President Obama Proclaims January As National Mentoring Month (12.21.10)
President Barack Obama has issued a proclamation designating January as National Mentoring Month. He stated, "Across our nation, mentors steer our youth through challenging times and support their journey into adulthood. During National Mentoring Month, we honor these important individuals who unlock the potential and nurture the talent of our country, and we encourage more Americans to reach out and mentor young people in their community."
January 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of National Mentoring Month, an annual media campaign to recruit volunteer mentors for young people. Spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project of the Harvard School of Public Health, MENTOR and the Corporation for National and Community Service, this year's campaign focuses on mentoring as a strategy for boosting academic achievement. The campaign's tagline is "Help Them Get There. Become a Mentor."
» Presidential Proclamation
Mentoring and Mentoring Partnership of SWPA Featured in Pittsburgh Magazine (10.25.10)
Pittsburgh Magazine and the Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project have announced the 2010 "40 Under 40" winners. For the first time ever, this year's honorees will participate in a community impact initiative that includes an E-mentoring program. Winners will become professional, peer-to-peer E-mentors and will work with young people to show them all that Pittsburgh has to offer. The Mentoring Partnership is proud to be a part of this new initiative, offering up E-mentoring best practices, training and guidelines. Congratulations to this year's "40 Under 40"...here's to a talented group of leaders working to make the 'Burgh's future even brighter!
» Check out 40 Under 40: Leading by Example
Celebrating 15 Years of Mentoring in Pittsburgh (10.13.10)
Kristan Allen, MPSWPA's Director of Marketing and Communications, hits the airwaves to talk with WDVE's Sean McDowell about mentoring in Pittsburgh.
» Listen to audio clip
2nd Annual Day of Giving a Sucess(10.13.10)
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Day of Giving on October 13th, 2010. With your help, this year's Day of Giving raised more than double last year's total. We're proud to be part of such an amazing community and appreciate your continued support as we promote mentoring in Pittsburgh. We couldn't do it without you!
The Role Mentoring Plays in the Health of a Community(August 2010)
The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PA bylined an article for Western PA Hospital News, which is distributed to 35,000 local healthcare professionals. The article details how mentoring impacts our community and how those in the healthcare field can benefit from getting involved. Organizations mentioned include Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh’s Health Rangers mentoring program.
» Read the article
National Mentoring Month! (2.03.10)
January was National Mentoring Month and all month long millions of people around the country took the time to recognize the mentors in their lives by posting tributes, sending emails and writing tweets. January is over, but you you can still thank your mentor and join in the wave of gratitude that swept the country:
- Send an email to your mentor thanking them and asking them to pass it on.
- Post a tribute to your mentor on the Who Mentored You? website.
- Post a tribute to your mentor on the Who Mentored You? Facebook page and make sure to share the page with your friends.
For more information on National Mentoring Month go to http://www.nationalmentoringmonth.org/
The Mentoring Partnership Launches New YouTube Channel (1.21.10)
For National Mentoring Month, we have launched a new YouTube channel featuring videos that celebrate Thank Your Mentor Day, Jan 21, 2010.
» visit our new YouTube Channel
Comcast Local Edition (1.01.10)
Tonia Caruso interviews Director of Mentor Recruitment Arlene Sparks on starting the new year by making a difference in a child's life.
» watch video
» apply to become a mentor