Blog Posts
This January, Celebrate National Mentoring Month
At MENTOR Virginia, we love the month of January because it's National Mentoring Month, a celebration of the power of youth mentoring that is celebrated around the United States. There are lots of ways to get involved in and celebrate National Mentoring Month. Here...
Advocate for Mentoring at Capitol Hill Day 2020!
Every January, as part of the National Mentoring Summit in Washington D.C., advocates for the field of youth mentoring gather from all across the country to take advocacy meetings on the Hill with lawmakers. The purpose of Capitol Hill Day is to generate buzz and...
Want to Highlight the Impact of an Outstanding Mentor or Program?
Join us October 10th for a gathering to celebrate the power of mentoring relationships as Virginia Mentoring Partnership - soon to be MENTOR Virginia - brings together a diverse audience of corporate mentors, nonprofit and school program partners, and...
2019 Power of Mentoring Event
Join us October 10th for a gathering to celebrate the power of mentoring relationships as Virginia Mentoring Partnership - soon to be MENTOR Virginia - brings together a diverse audience of corporate mentors, nonprofit and school program partners, and community...
Reflections On the 2018-2019 Service Year
As Virginia Mentoring Partnership's 2018-2019 cohort of AmeriCorps VISTAs prepares to end service over the next couple of months, every member of the cohort came together to write a reflection of their experience with national service. This post documents their...
June News
Did you catch VMP's June newsletter? Click here to read June news.
Applications Open for 2019-2020 VISTA Members
We are currently accepting applications for the 2019-2020 VISTA Member positions with our partner Host Sites. As a VMP VISTA Member, you will join our team of full-time VISTA Members serving throughout Virginia. Our VISTA Members serve with partner organizations to...
Faces of Mentoring Art Exhibition Launches
This April, VMP was proud to successfully launch the "Faces of Mentoring" exhibition hosted at University of Richmond Downtown on First Fridays. Thank you to the students, administrators, program partners, and mentoring matches who attended this celebratory kickoff,...
February News
Did you catch VMP's February newsletter? Click here to read February news.
Do What You’re Afraid To Do (& 4 Other Lessons from Service)
An AmeriCorps VISTA year is full of challenges, but it’s also full of learning. Here are 5 lessons from a year spent developing a mentoring program.