What it takes to be a Big Pal mentor

Orientation, training and support

Challenges of mentoring

Rewards of mentoring

 


Our mentors value their experiences, telling us that they learn and grow through the PALs relationship. They feel most effective in alleviating PALs’ negative feelings about themselves. Many volunteers in our program have developed longstanding friendships with our youth.

Mentoring simply makes sense: by making links between people and drawing on our best motive—to provide a helping hand to a child—it makes citizens more concerned and engaged.