Casa Chirilagua is a proud participant in National Mentoring Month. Since 2009, Casa has partnered with more than 50 mentors who have served over 60 youth ages 7 to 15 from the Chirilagua community. We strive to place every Kids Club student in a mentoring relationship. Currently we have 9 children who are waiting for this life-transforming relationship. Our goal is to pair each of them with a mentor this month!
Consider some of the benefits of mentoring:
1) Children with mentors find happier, more fulfilling careers.
2) Mentoring can reduce depression symptoms in youth.
3) Mentoring has been found to improve a youth’s relationship with their parents and having better prospects of moving on to higher education.
Here is a helpful Casa Chirilagua Mentoring FAQ’s sheet.
Please email our Mentoring Director (adriana@casachirilagua.org) if you are interested or attend Alexandria’s National Mentoring Month Recruiting Event on Monday, January 26th at the Lee Center in Alexandria from 6-8 PM (details HERE) and ask for Adriana at the Casa Chirilagua booth.
We look forward to seeing you there!