January is National Mentoring Month

Jan 7, 2014

A Casa Chirilagua Mentor Match at the 2013 Christmas Celebration

A Casa Chirilagua Mentor Match at the 2013 Christmas Celebration

 

Help us celebrate National Mentoring Month by sharing our mentoring program with your friends and family. While our mentoring program is off to a great start this year with two new volunteers in the process of becoming mentors, adding to our community of more than 40 active mentors, we still have 18 students on the waiting list. It’s our goal to match each of our students with a mentor in 2014 and YOU can help.

A Casa Chirilagua Mentor Match at the 2013 5K Fun Run

A Casa Chirilagua Mentor Match at the 2013 5K Fun Run

 

Every Friday in January we’ll feature segments called Mentors on Mentoring, in which one of our mentors will share about their mentoring experience with Casa Chirilagua. Help us find mentors for our 18 students on the waiting list by sharing our stories or your own story on Facebook and Twitter. Be sure to tag or mention Casa Chirilagua in your post and we’ll share your story with our community.

Casa Chirilagua mentors and mentees at our first annual Thanksgiving Mentoring Dinner in 2013

Casa Chirilagua mentors and mentees at our first annual Thanksgiving Mentoring Potluck Dinner in 2013

 

Share our Mentoring FAQs sheet with your family and friends who are interested in becoming a mentor. Download it here. When you or your friend are ready to apply to be a mentor, email Adriana (adriana@casachirilagua.org) to get started.

PS – If you have a mentor in your life, make sure to thank them on January 16th, Thank A Mentor Day!

We are a community of people “learning together to love our neighbors as ourselves” in a Latino neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia.

As a faith-based Christian non-profit with a small staff and over 100 volunteers, we serve alongside more than 100 families and their children (1st-12th grades) each week through our community programs.

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Our relational network of volunteers and donors reflects a diverse group of individuals from all over the Washington, D.C. metro area. As a non-profit, we rely on the community for assisting program directors on-site, being mentors, supplying the needs of our food pantry, and everything in between. Each member of our Casa community holds a unique gift, whether time, talent or treasure.