We’re honored to be long-time recipients of the Holiday Funds from both the Los Altos Town Crier and the Mountain View Voice. These Holiday Funds grant 100% of the money they raise to designated local nonprofit organizations that provide services to people that need extra support in our communities, people who might otherwise be overlooked because…
Thank you for giving so generously during our end of year campaign. Your financial support makes all the difference in our ability to provide our tutoring and mentoring programs. We use the funds for recruiting, screening, certifying, training and placing our volunteers with students who benefit from having a caring adult in their lives.
January is National Mentoring Month, but do you know why mentoring is important? Data show that young people who were at-risk for not completing high school but who had a mentor reported higher educational aspirations and matriculation into post-secondary education, as well as greater engagement in positive activities. These young people were: 55% more likely…
We appreciate everything our volunteers do to help students in our local schools who need a caring adult in their lives. Our 142 volunteer tutors and mentors spent over 4,600 hours with 423 students last year. To recognize their efforts, we held a Volunteer Appreciation party on January 21 and over 40 tutors and mentors…
2016 marks the 20th Anniversary of Mentor Tutor Connection! Hard to believe that it’s been twenty years since members of the Los Altos Rotary Club created a project called Partners for New Generations. Twenty years of growth and we now serve students in each of the schools in the three school districts in Mountain View…
