Monday, June 30, 2008
July Match of the Month: Robyn Stattel and Amanda
For the month of July, we are so pleased to honor Robyn Stattel and her mentee, Amanda, for match of the month. On July 2nd, this pair will celebrate their first anniversary of being matched!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Having had experience working in schools with young people in the past, Robyn knew she enjoyed assisting this population. She also knew how stressful it can be. She deciding mentoring would be the perfect way for her to be involved with youth without the demand of a full-time position in the field. “With mentoring, it’s all the good without the bad of being in a school situation (like punishment),” Robyn stated during the matching process. On her application, Robyn wrote that she remembers being a teenager and that with her care and patience she could assist another young girl with this difficult stage of life.
Amanda was referred to mentoring by her counselor who felt that she could benefit from a positive role model as well as from having the opportunity to get assistance with career planning. Amanda stated that she had a mentor as a youngster and that it was a “great experience”—she definitely looked forward to having a mentor again.
Since being matched, Robyn and Amanda have spent a lot of time together walking, talking and going out for pizza. On one of their early outings, Robyn’s car broke down and the pair was forced to walk quite a distance in order to get help. Robyn wrote, “…we put one of my dogs on a leash and we traded off carrying my other dog back into Burlington! She was great…”
Amanda is pretty quiet when asked about her mentor, but she gets a little grin on her face and says simply, “she’s awesome.”
CONGRATULATIONS again on being matched for one year!
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Voices Project
A great activity for you and your teenage mentee!
Shout it Out is an original musical based on the lives of Vermont teens. The feature film is an adaptation of the groundbreaking original stage musical The Voices Project that toured to thirteen towns across Vermont in 2005 and was based on writings by Vermont teenagers with original music by teens. The stories and characters were developed during an intensive, yearlong statewide research phase in which more than 1000 teens participated.Shout it Out tells the story of a group of teenagers making their way through high school. The film follows them through some of the more tumultuous moments of teenagehood: academic pressure; friction with peers, teachers, and parents; trying to fit in, trying to find one’s self, fear of the future; nostalgia for the past; friendship; and first love.
Shout it Out is a raw, real, revealing, compassionate, powerful, funny and ultimately affirmative look at the transformative powers of young people The songs are dynamic and range from love songs to rap and hip-hop.
Shout it Out is about listening to the voices of youth, respecting and honoring their struggles and aspirations and hearing their voices loud and clear!
Mature Themes.
Shout it Out is an original musical based on the lives of Vermont teens. The feature film is an adaptation of the groundbreaking original stage musical The Voices Project that toured to thirteen towns across Vermont in 2005 and was based on writings by Vermont teenagers with original music by teens. The stories and characters were developed during an intensive, yearlong statewide research phase in which more than 1000 teens participated.Shout it Out tells the story of a group of teenagers making their way through high school. The film follows them through some of the more tumultuous moments of teenagehood: academic pressure; friction with peers, teachers, and parents; trying to fit in, trying to find one’s self, fear of the future; nostalgia for the past; friendship; and first love.
Shout it Out is a raw, real, revealing, compassionate, powerful, funny and ultimately affirmative look at the transformative powers of young people The songs are dynamic and range from love songs to rap and hip-hop.
Shout it Out is about listening to the voices of youth, respecting and honoring their struggles and aspirations and hearing their voices loud and clear!
Mature Themes.
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