Promoting Screening Practices for Safety and Suitability of Mentors Mentor screening is critical to establishing a safe environment within our mentoring programs. Practitioners have the important yet oftentimes overwhelming responsibility of ensuring that program participants are safe from harm and set up to flourish from the support of a suitable, well-trained adult. But how can […]
The Mentoring Mixer
Did you know that students with mentors are 52% less likely to skip school and 86% of children who are mentored go on to higher education? These are just a couple of reasons of why mentoring matters! Thursday, January 18, 2018: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST Repair the World 6022 Broad Street Pittsburgh, PA […]
Coffee Connections: Engaging Companies in Giving and Volunteering
Coffee Connections–Engaging Companies in Giving and Volunteering Tuesday, September 12, 2017 – 8:30am – 10:00am Event Location: United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania Greensburg Engaging companies in giving and volunteering: Identify meaningful volunteer activities for company employees and groups Manage the company and individual relationship from volunteer to donor Work with company leaders to track and acknowledge volunteers and donors […]
Intergenerational Volunteering – Engage 7 Generations Successfully!
Join us at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville Branch, 279 Fisk Street) on Tuesday, March 22nd at 10am for a special FREE training session, generously sponsored by Highmark. Reach 7 Generations Successfully! This interactive session, led by Randy Detweiler and Sylvia Lynn, will educate participants on how to bring everyone together to benefit the […]
Volunteer Management from Start to Success
Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM Whether you are a brand new or seasoned Volunteer Administrator, this training will take you from beginning to success. Learn how to recruit, interview, place, train, supervise and retain valuable volunteers for your nonprofit. Join speakers Randy Detweiler and Sylvia Lynn, consultants and members of […]