MMP E-Bulletin 

 April 2010
TRAININGS & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
Quality-Based Membership
 
Congratulations to the following programs that joined Membership or upgraded their status this past month:

New Partner Members
  • Cambridge Family & Children's Service
New Affiliate Members
  • City Passage (HERC)
  • Discovery Justice
  • Dotwell Teen Center
  • Dunbar Community Center
  • Entrepreneurship 101
  • STEP Education
  • upSTART
  • Year Up
Not yet a member? Join today!
Did you know...
 
4+ months: Average time a child waits for a mentor

Source: Mass Mentoring Counts 2008
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Amendment filed to increase
funding for mentoring

Rep. William "Smitty" Pignatelli of Lenox, along with 16 other co-sponsors, filed Amendment #387 to increase state funding from $100,000 to $250,000 for the Mentoring Matching Grants line item (7061-9634) for FY 2011.

While we are just in the beginning of the budget process, receiving this level of support is a great accomplishment for the field and speaks to your continued efforts, not only to advocate for this critical funding but to deepen relationships with your elected officials.

Find out if your state representative signed onto the amendment and how you can help make sure more funding is made available to mentoring programs.
New host sites for 2010-2011 Highland Street Corps Ambassadors of Mentoring

Congratulations to the following programs:
  • ACCESS Boston
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Franklin County
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay
  • Big Sister Association
  • Boston Partners in Education
  • Catholic Charities of Boston/South
  • East End House
  • Everybody Wins! Metro Boston
  • HOME Inc. (Here Our Motives Evolve, Inc.)
  • HOPE (Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation) Lawrence
  • Hyde Square Task Force
  • Lawrence Partners in Education/Stand and Deliver
  • Mass Mentoring Partnership - Boston and Springfield
  • Railroad Street Youth Project
  • Roxbury Community College
  • SMILES
  • Tenacity
  • Worcester Youth Center/Partnerships for Success
They are now recruiting to fill these positions - learn more about the programs and be sure to spread the word to anyone who might be interested in becoming an Ambassador!
Great match activities to
kick-off your summer

Tyler and Tracy, from SMILES, at MNF 2009
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Mentoring Night at Fenway
Date and time: May 20, 7:10 p.m.
Location: Fenway Park -
Red Sox/Twins game
Deadline to apply for tickets: April 26
Find out how you can join more than 700 mentors and mentees from across Massachusetts!



Stand and DeliverMentoring Day at Six Flags
Date and time: June 5, 10 a.m.
Location: Six Flags New England
Deadline to RSVP: May 7
Find out more.

Are you taking advantage of the National Youth Mentoring Network database?

Enrolling or updating your mentoring program's profile in the National Youth Mentoring Network (NYMN) at MMP's website will help you recruit more mentors and greatly increase visibility for your organization. 

Hundreds of prospective volunteers visit the site each month to access the NYMN database and find mentoring opportunities in their community. In 2009, the NYMN connected more than 200 potential mentors with Massachusetts programs.

If your organization is interested in creating a profile or updating an existing profile, please click here.

Have a profile but forgot your password? Contact Felipe Suarez at 617.695.2442 or email fsuarez@massmentors.org.
Helpful MMP resources for your program

RSMC logoRecruit new mentors with Red Sox-related rewards
MMP is gearing up for the 2010 Red Sox Mentoring Challenge. Join us for conference calls to learn about new materials and incentives available.

Calls are scheduled for:
April 27 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Greater Boston
April 27 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. South Coast
April 28 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Northeast
April 28 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Western & Central

Please RSVP to ipeters@massmentors.org with the date and time of the call you would like to participate in. If you can't make the call for your region you may sign up for another call.

Earn up to $1,000 per match
MMP is working with MENTOR to offer 15 Massachusetts youth mentoring programs the opportunity to join Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver's Choice Program, a nationwide voucher program providing children of incarcerated parents with expanded access to mentoring services.

MMP will host a webinar about the initiative on April 28, 1:30 p.m. Learn more about the initiative and RSVP to attend the webinar.

Need help recruiting more male mentors?
Are you inadvertently closing the doors on men as mentors? Are you screening out instead of screening in? Are your messages getting men to self-select out prematurely during your screening process?

On May 12, MMP is proud to present a special workshop on the overt and inadvertent messages youth mentoring programs may be sending to men during the recruitment and screening processes. John Pearson will lead this session. Learn more and RSVP to attend.
More important information
  • Friends of Kevin is holding a "friendworking" event on April 27 at Lowell Wish Project.
  • The Institute for Nonprofit Development is hosting the S.O.S. Conference on May 4. View the workshop descriptions.
  • The 2010 Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring at Portland State University is accepting applications through May 7.
  • Boston Children's Chorus is holding auditions May 14, 15 & 16.
  • Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters is hosting a May 17 event about helping children with social, emotional and behavioral challenges.
  • Interested in using Facebook to promote your organization? Here are some useful tips to guide you.
  • On behalf of Boys to Men New England: please contact WGBH to request an airing of a mentoring movie called "Journeyman," which has aired on other PBS stations nationwide.
  • The Highland Street Foundation is holding a Red Sox Ticket Giveaway - nominate your program to become eligible!