January is National Mentor Month!

Do you want to work with a young person?
Encourage him or her to do better in school?
Aspire to higher goals? Improve his or her life? Improve your own?

Check out current our mentoring and tutoring opportunities from our volunteer database! Once you view the list of mentoring and tutoring opportunities, you can click on "refine search" to choose a location near you!

A mentor develops a one-on-one relationship with a young person (and sometimes adults or families) to be a trusted friend, a good listener and a positive role model. This can take an academic focus or strictly social.
Find out more about Mentoring.

Tutors work with young people (and adults), focusing mainly on academics - for example, helping with homework or studying skills.
Find out more about Tutoring.

As a tutor or a mentor, you could be that trusting adult in a young person's life.