Newsletter

A Poem

Everyone in the valley liked Christmas a lot But the year 2020, it surely did not! The Year hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! ...

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Thank YOU!

In a year plagued with uncertainty we want to thank our faithful mentors, school counselors, donors, and community for helping us conti...

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Our Great Community!

What a community! In light of all the craziness of this year, I want to reach out and thank each one of you for being such a giving par...

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And where did you say we were going?

Hello Friends, Many people are asking what the plan is for the fall school semester. We have been meeting with representatives of our 5 s...

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Gone All ‘Pioneer’

“Everyone’s gone all ‘pioneer’ these days,” said my neighbor as she talked about being unable to buy yeast for her bread machine. Who wou...

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P.S. I love you.

Over 65% of our mentors have signed up to correspond with their mentees since school was closed. Kids love getting letters and we love se...

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Widely Scattered Mentoring

If you are a mentor, we are still understandably on hold for now. If you would like us to reach out to teachers next week to see if yo...

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Sight Words

Sight words. Words that teachers try to instill in young readers so that they know the words by sight without having to decode them. F...

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Anybody Got a Green Crayon?

Want to understand mentoring? It’s sharing what you have. Want to know if you've been mentored? Who have you learned from? January is...

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Do you have any leftovers?

I hope you’ve been able to spend some quality time with your friends and family during this Christmas holiday. Likewise, I hope your yest...

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Give Thanks!

For the last couple of years, this mentee has served at the Rescue Mission Dinner. What better way to show one's thanks for the many bles...

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Meet Dave Adams, not only good, but a great neighbor

The term “neighbor,” can conjure a number of connotations. On the negative side, everyone can probably come up with a “bad neighbor” ex...

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Quiet Time

We’re starting to have a beautiful fall…and it’s been a busy one already! This is just a reminder to take time to enjoy the season. Ou...

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Bowl-a-thon 2019

For the past 4 years, The Mentoring Network board has hosted a fundraising bowl-a-thon. This event helps provide the money we need to ser...

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Horsethief 2019

We had a fantastic day camp at the YMCA camp at Horsethief, Idaho. Kids and mentors had such a great time spending the day together. “I l...

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Network Defined

I may have mentioned it before, but did you know that this is our 20th year serving the youth of Canyon and Owyhee counties? It made me...

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To be a Thinker

Through this month we’ve been giving year end surveys to the kids who have mentors. Often we get sweet and amusing replies. One of my fav...

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Seasons of Growth

Have you noticed how much things have grown the last couple of weeks? I can’t keep up with the grass and the flowers and bushes have fill...

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11 for March

We made 11 matches in March. Considering that the last week in March is spring break, we were happy with that. 11 matches in a month is a...

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Engineered to Last

I asked Damon to describe his mentor with one word. “I would say that he is a friend. The reason being is that he was there for me for fo...

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