Happy New Year

Pinellas County Mentor Program News January 2020

Happy New Year!

January is National Mentoring Month and we're celebrating YOU!

We are grateful for every one of you who are personally involved in making an impact in the life of a student, as well as our community partners who encourage their employees and members to participate in our mentoring program. You are making an impact in the life of a child. We can't thank you enough.

We continue to hear so many positive things from our students, their parents, and our school staff regarding the positive impact being experienced due to your participation.

Over 2835 mentors and 130 organizations are active in the mentoring program! Though we are pleased with this growth, we still have many more students in need of mentors.

If everyone can help us recruit one more mentor we can reach our Goal! Help us to put more smiles on the faces of students who are so happy to have an additional caring adult in their lives! We want to add 700 more students meeting with their lunch pal before the end of the school year!

Share your experience with a friend or co-worker, and encourage them to get involved! Let them know they can easily request more information at pcsb.org/mentor .

We're pleased to announce the new lunch pal's coordinator Debbie Buschman. Debbie moved to Florida in 2002 and settled in Palm Harbor. She is married and has four adult children, two grandsons and a cuddly puppy named Molly. Debbie most recently worked in the Public Defender’s Office in Clearwater and is the Fire Commissioner for the Palm Harbor Fire District. She has been mentoring two lunch pal students at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School.

Activities you can do with your mentee

Over the next three weeks, you can incorporate the following M entoring Moments into your weekly meetings with your student.

Activities Sheet

More Mentor Resources

Mentor Lunch & Learn Webinar

If your student is looking for grants and scholarships this webinar provides tips and best practices.

Lunch & Learn - Grants & Scholarships

Presented by:

Marci Poston, Director of Programmatic & Professional Development Services for

Take Stock in Children

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In the News!!

Bay News 9 Features Lunch Pals Program

Volunteers Needed for Pinellas Co. Schools "Lunch Pals' Program Volunteers Needed for Pinellas Co. Schools "Lunch Pals' Program

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"Children are likely to live up to what you believe of them."

Lady Bird Johnson