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Are you willing to invest just a few hours a week to build and nurture a special relationship? If you are, you can help break the cycle of low self-esteem, child abuse, neglect and isolation.
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| …seek opportunities for personal growth and fulfillment? …enjoy making new friends? …feel committed to improving your community? …want to
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| If you want to make a difference and... |
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| …can complete a 15-hour, six-session training program …want to share your time, experience and interests …are able to devote 2-3 hours per week to your mentee for one year, then… |
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| in one of the well-known, highly respected mentoring programs operated by the Volunteer Center of Bergen County. |
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| VIPS Volunteers Brothers/Sisters are adult role models to children who have experienced abuse, neglect, trouble or isolation. |
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Volunteers
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Protective Services
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- provide friendship, support and guidance
- share weekly recreational and educational activities
- enhance self-esteem
- reinforce positive behavior
- promote personal growth
- offer guidance in acquiring life skills
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All mentors are
provided with a comprehensive 15-hour, six-session evening training program which is offered three times per year in September, January, and March. Volunteers receive ongoing support and guidance from the VIPS program staff and other volunteers.
Written references as well as fingerprint, background and motor vehicle checks are required of all volunteers seeking to become mentors in Volunteer Center mentoring programs.
Boys needing a strong male role model have been on our waiting list for two years!
Girls who desperately need a female to look up to and learn from are also waiting. Help us end that wait now by
clicking here for an application.
VIPS holds mentor training sessions in January, April and September. Call (201) 489-9454 to find out when the next sessions are scheduled.
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"Mentoring
Moms" Volunteers are mentors and role models to isolated and/or overwhelmed mothers referred by the Division of Youth and Family
Services and the Welfare to Work Program.
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- offer supportive friendship and encouragement
- enhance self-esteem
- promote
self-sufficiency
- help improve parenting and life skills
- support mothers in becoming more responsive and responsible parents
- provide information and guidance about available community services and resources
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All mentors are
provided with a comprehensive 15-hour, six-session evening training program which is offered three times per year in September, January, and
March. Volunteers receive ongoing support and guidance from the Mentoring Moms program staff and other volunteers.
Written references as well as fingerprint, background and motor vehicle checks are required of all volunteers seeking to become mentors in Volunteer Center mentoring programs.
Interested in becoming a Mentoring Moms volunteer?
Click here for an
application...
Mentoring Moms holds mentor training sessions in January, April and September. Call (201) 489-9454 to find out when the next sessions are scheduled.
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