Posted by: John_Hamilton on 01/30/2012 06:06 PM
Updated by: John_Hamilton on 01/30/2012 06:07 PM
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Wells Fargo Foundation Donates $2,500 for Youth Mentoring
San Andreas, CA...The Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program was honored recently with a $2,500 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation. Longtime mentor and Wells Fargo customer Don Amo brought the mentoring program to Wells Fargo’s attention. Don and his mentee Sam were matched in the program for more than five years before Sam graduated from high school, and they are still close friends. Don is also a member of the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program’s Advisory Committee, where he became aware of the program’s effort to attract Wells Fargo support...
“I’ve been a loyal customer at the San Andreas store since it opened,” said Don. “So I asked the program director to let me present the application.”
“We are always eager to support our community and were pleased to make this connection with our local youth mentoring program,” said Wells Fargo San Andreas store manager Gil Valtierra. “We hope this is the first of many opportunities to work together.”
The mission of the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program is to connect Calaveras County young people in first through twelfth grades with safe, positive adult role models who will offer support, guidance, friendship, and help the youth make healthy life decisions. Potential mentors are thoroughly screened to ensure the safety of the youth in the program. Once matched, mentors and mentees spend a couple of hours a week together for at least a year doing things they both enjoy—sports, going out to supper, seeing a movie, or working on a project. Mentors receive extensive pre-match training and then additional education throughout the year, plus regular monitoring of the friendship, as-needed support, and invitations to group field trips and events.
The mentoring program is always seeking volunteer mentors, and currently has five eager boys waiting for mentors in the San Andreas area. For more information, call the program at 209-736-6078 or visit online at www.calaverasementoring.org.
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