Rochester Mentors - You Have What It Takes To Be A Mentor!

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Our Information Sessions help you find the right program to fit your talents, time and interersts. Here you can also compare options factor by factor.

FACTOR / PROGRAM	BIG BROTHERS / SISTERS	COMPEER	GENERATION TWO	SUCCESSFUL PATHWAYS - Youth for Christ	WOMEN HELPING GIRLS
Experience	A child in your community enjoys you as a new friend for exploring the world.	A child facing extra challenges feels more capable with your friendship.	Students in first grade enjoy an hour of play and smiles with you each week.	A teen parent with faith and goals grows with your friendly support	A high school girl sees college as a reality with your friendship and support.
Age of kids	6-16 years old	4-19 years old	K and 1st grade	13-21 years old	6th-12th grade girls
Minimum age of mentor	18	18	18	18	18
Frequency/ Nature	Weekly for 2-3 hours. Match discretion**.	Four hours per month. Match discretion**.	Two hours each week during school day. Play with three children one at a time.	At least monthly for a few hours. States goals for match. Match discretion**.	Several times a month. Total 4-6 hours. Match discretion**.
Duration of the relationship	One+ year	One+ year	School year	One+ year	School year
Support***	Training and ongoing support. Site-based programs include supervision.	Training and ongoing support. Plus professional support based on youth challenge.	Training, support and supervision at all times; post session mentor group conversation.	Training and ongoing support. Plus specialized support in teen / parent issues.	Training and ongoing support.
Contact	Big Brothers / Big Sisters 585-442-2250	Rochester Compeer 585-546-8280	Generation Two 585-244-5970	Successful Pathways 585-235-3248	Women Helping Girls 585-244-8890

* Site or Community: Site-based programs happen at hosted, supervised locations
(like a school, etc). Community-based programs happen in the community at large and require
a mentor to have reliable transportation (driving record) and willingness to transport a young friend.

** Match Discretion: A mentor and mentee can, as friends, talk about what they would like to
do together. Agencies will have some guild lines for safety and effectiveness. Mentoring is about
doing free or low-cost, fun stuff as friends. Rochester Mentors works to make free, high value
activities more accessible for mentors in all partner programs.

++ EMERGING programs are new and still in the process of meeting the standards of MENTOR –
the national mentoring partnership.