AUGUST 5TH, 2022
Welcome!
Welcome to the first issue of our new monthly newsletter designed just for you, our Milagro Mentors! In it you’ll find timely updates about our programs, staff, and students along with new mentoring resources and tools that you may find helpful in your weekly sessions with your mentee, and more.
Our goal is to build a strong Milagro Mentor community and for this, we need your input! I encourage you all to share with me a poignant story, a successful session, a new game you played, a resource you’ve found, a breakthrough, maybe just a fun photo! Please don’t be shy - share! We would love to feature it here in our newsletter!
We hope you enjoy this first issue and look forward to your ideas and suggestions on expanding and improving this newsletter for you! Please remember that I am here to make YOUR Mentoring experience at Milagro Center a joyous, gratifying, and successful experience.
We love our Mentors and truly appreciate the dedication of your time, talent and passion for our children and Milagro’s mission. I am always available to speak with you, so PLEASE reach out to me by phone at 561 279-2970 x108 or by email at ldavis@milagrocenter.org to coordinate schedules, to answer your questions, or to provide any information you need.
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With gratitude,
Ms. Laurie,
Director of Volunteer and Corporate Engagement
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Summer’s Out - School’s In! |
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It’s hard to believe that Milagro’s Summer Camp 2022 is ending on Friday, August 5th and our 2022-2023 afterschool program begins on Wednesday, August 10th. It’s been a wonderful 10 weeks of field trips, art, music, yoga, cooking, reading, exploring, cheering, coding, outdoor fun, swim, and so much more! For all of you who visited with your Mentee during camp, you were witness to all of the fun that abounded at Milagro.
As you might imagine, we are very excited about the start of the new school year! We know that the first week of afterschool is always hectic, mostly due to the school buses adjusting to their new routes for drop off. Please allow about a week for the schedules to settle in and then we can confirm what time your Mentee is arriving from school each day at Milagro Center so you can properly plan the time for your weekly mentoring sessions. Call or email me and I can assist!
For your info and advance planning, here’s the new school year calendar highlighting Milagro’s vacation days, full “camp” days, and regular afterschool days so you are in the know! As a reminder, afterschool hours for STARS are from 2 – 6pm; Junior Teen Program hours are from 3 – 6:30pm. Any questions, just ask!
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Congrats to all the our students movin' on up from elementary to middle school!
Your Mentoring journey doesn’t need to end when your Mentee moves on to Middle School! Milagro Center’s Jr. Teen Leadership Program, located at the Virginia & Harvey Kimmel Milagro Jr. Teen Center on SW 6th Avenue is a mere 3-minute drive from our STARS Center!
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Mentor Joey and Mentor Andrewson; Mentor Aaliyah and Mentee Gwyneth; Mentor Terry and Mentee Briana |
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"How wonderful it is to arrive at Milagro each week and be greeted with a big smile, a hug, and the question from first-grader Heavenly, “So how was YOUR day today?”
It’s been so gratifying to see the improvement in her reading skills, as well as the way her confidence in those skills has blossomed since the beginning of the school year.
One of the activities where we share lots of giggles are our weekly board game match-ups. We may just make our way through all of them at Milagro next year! - Amy
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Mentor Amy and Mentee Heavenly |
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We are so happy to welcome these new Mentors to Milagro Center’s Mentoring Miracles Program. We all wish you much joy in your new Mentorship Journey! |
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Mentor Alan and Mentee Jordan |
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Mentor Linda and
Mentee Raelyn
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Mentor Joelle and Mentee Joshua |
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More Resources--Just for You!
Want to encourage your Mentee to eat better and be more active? Or learn how to turn “stress” into “strength”? Or are you just looking to connect with our other amazing mentors on Facebook?
You're in luck, we've got just the thing for you! Click below for more resources hand selected just for you! ·
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