Children need at least one positive role model in their lives. Children need to learn and be affirmed that they are valued and matter.
Why You?
Think of the role-model who helped you overcome struggles or adversity. Or think of the role-model you needed.
YOU can offer hope and encouragement as well as help a young person envision a future for themselves. Mentoring may seem overwhelming, but together we can serve a young person by helping them find a pathway to hope.
The first step is to inquire! Let us know you’re interested, and then it’s just one step at a time!
Here are some great reasons why YOU will make a great mentor:
- You would make an amazing parent, uncle, aunt, or grandparent!
- You have life experiences and can relate to the youth we mentor.
- Someone mentored you and now you know it’s your turn to repeat the blessing.
- You’re an empty nester and you woke up one day realizing you don’t have anyone to drive around anymore and you gotta admit, you kinda miss it!
- You see the next generation and you’re curious about what they’re going through.
- You live away from friends and family and would like to have more shared experiences.
- You want to share encouragement and hope with a young person living through difficult circumstances.
- You’ve experienced hardships in your life and want to share how you overcame.
Ready to take the first step?
The process begins when you let us know that you'd like to learn more. One of our team members will set up a call to answer any questions you have.
Making A Difference
Mentoring youth has been shown to have powerful positive effects on young people in their personal, academic, and professional lives. Having a mentor contributes to a youth’s healthy development and increases their social and economic opportunities.
New Opportunities Await
Mentoring not only benefits a youth and impacts their family, it also benefits and impacts you! You’ll become part of the Save Our Youth community and meet other people like you; you’ll gain new knowledge and understanding of the next generation; and you’ll grow by experiencing new adventures, and seeing life from a different perspective.
How Does Mentoring Affect Your Life?
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Mentoring FAQs
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No formal experience is necessary. We provide all the training you will need.
We ask that you commit to a minimum of a one year journey. You begin by meeting weekly (quantity of time). Then as time and trust begins to grow, the goal is to have quality meet ups—it’s the difference between “let’s go get a quick bite to eat” and “let’s go for a hike.”
Boys and girls between 10-17.
- Be 21 years of age or older.
- Ideally, you have lived in the Denver metro area for at least a year.
- We conduct background and fingerprint screenings. We cannot accept applicants with a violent crime, sexual offense, or crime against a child on their record.
- If you have a DUI on your record, it needs to be 5 years since completing your probation.
- If you have a history of drug/alcohol abuse, there needs to be 5 years of sobriety and/or abstinence.
You are assigned a Mentoring Specialist. They are there to support you throughout the duration of the relationship. They have resources and solutions to help strengthen your match experience.
Yes. We are a community-based mentoring program. Once you are matched with a mentee, you will be picking him or her up from home and doing an activity in the community.
Our match team considers geography, interests, life experience, personality, and other factors in order to match you with a compatible mentee. Your mentee will be located near you. Once an ideal mentee is selected for you, you’ll have the option to learn more about them before confirming if you think they are a good fit or not.
Interest Form
We appreciate your interest in mentoring and look forward to connecting soon! Upon completion of this form, we will reach out to you to discuss the program, our full application, mentor training, and more.