Vermont Business Magazine MENTOR Vermont, in partnership with youth mentoring programs, youth mentees, volunteer mentors, legislators, and business supporters, celebrated Vermont Mentoring Month at MENTOR Vermont’s annual Youth Mentoring Celebration at the Vermont Statehouse on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Comcast and MENTOR Vermont partnered for the eighth straight year to recognize the 2023 Vermont Ambassadors of Mentoring. These youth mentees and adult mentors have committed to working with MENTOR Vermont to raise awareness of the benefits of youth mentoring, the necessity for greater State investment in youth mentoring, and the need for more volunteer mentors to ensure young people in Vermont have supportive mentoring relationships they need to thrive.
“Comcast is committed to supporting youth development programs, like MENTOR Vermont, that help build stronger and more inclusive communities,” said Dan Glanville, Vice President of Government Affairs and Community Impact for Comcast’s Western New England Region, which includes Vermont. “The work MENTOR Vermont does to match youth with positive role models is commendable and makes a positive difference in the lives of everyone involved. We are proud to recognize these incredible mentor and mentee matches from across the Green Mountain State.”
This year’s Ambassadors of Mentoring matches were honored together by Comcast and MENTOR Vermont at the 2023 Youth Mentoring Celebration in Montpelier where over 180 youth mentees, volunteer adult mentors, program staff, supporters, and legislators came together to celebrate youth mentoring in Vermont. The event also included hearing from youth directly about their mentoring experiences; Monica Hutt (Chief Prevention Officer at the Office of Governor Phil Scott) reading Governor Phil Scott’s Proclamation officially recognizing January 2023 as Mentoring Month in Vermont; Representative Jana Brown (Chittenden-1) and Representative Erin Brady (Chittenden-2) introducing HCR 16, a House Concurrent Resolution, celebrating the importance of mentoring programs for young people; and a performance by Sound Check, a youth-led social justice band.
MENTOR Vermont’s 2023 Vermont Mentoring Month campaign was made possible through the continued support of Ambassadors of Mentoring sponsor Comcast; Legislative Lunch sponsors Community Bank N.A. and PC Construction, and other generous event sponsors. To learn more about the event and supporting sponsors, please visit www.mentorvt.org/national-mentoring-month.
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About MENTOR Vermont: MENTOR Vermont aims to close the mentoring gap and drive equity through quality mentoring relationships so every young person in Vermont has the supportive relationships they need to grow and thrive. To achieve this vision, MENTOR Vermont provides funding, resources, and support to the youth mentoring field in Vermont to strengthen the quality and broaden the reach of mentoring relationships throughout the state. In addition to managing the Vermont Mentoring Grants, the organization provides technical support to mentoring program staff, maintains an online program directory and referral system for volunteers, manages a quality-based program management database, raises public awareness of mentoring, works with programs to ensure they are meeting best practices, and leads statewide mentoring initiatives. MENTOR Vermont is the state affiliate of MENTOR National. For more information about mentoring programs and initiatives in Vermont, visit www.mentorvt.org.
2.7.2023. Burlington, VT—MENTOR Vermont