SPARKS Mentoring of Staples Motley

SPARKS Mentoring MATTERS

Do you remember people who were YOUR mentors when you were a child? 

(Or, even as an adult?) 

They made a difference in your life, didn't they?

In the Staples Motley School District, we know that 1 in 3 young people will grow up without the  critical asset of having a mentor in their life.  Mentoring, at its core, guarantees young people: 

     -that there is someone who cares about them, 

     -assures them they are not alone in dealing with day-to-day challenges, and 

     -makes them feel like they matter. 

Research confirms that quality mentoring relationships have powerful positive effects on young people in a variety of personal, academic, and professional situations.  https://www.mentoring.org/take-action/become-a-mentor/

SPARKS Mentoring of Staples Motley matters to students in the Staples Motley School District as mentoring connects a young person to personal growth and development, and social and economic opportunity.

SPARKS Mentoring is an intentional mentoring essential to meeting the needs of our students and afford them opportunities for their betterment.  Sessions with mentors provide students with skills in self-awareness, self-regulation, purpose, challenges, and meaningful opportunities for the community to directly support students.

Students repeatedly comment, "SPARKS Mentors have helped me to read better and they are so kind."  "I hope I can see them next year again."  "Thank you for lifting me up when I am down."  Even mentors are impacted in similar ways, "Being a mentor is my favorite part of my week."  "I look forward to seeing these children and knowing that I am making a difference in their lives."

The SPARKS Mentoring Reading Buddy and Lunchtime Buddy Programs have been established at Staples Motley and Sacred Heart Elementary Schools.  The program needs funding to acquire additional mentors to provide these services.  Help us close the gap in the funding we need to provide and grow this program to reach more students.  Your gift of $50 would help to make this possible, and strategically expand programming in the future.

When you give a gift of $50 or more, you are helping SPARKS Mentoring influence the lives of the children in our schools with  positive self-awareness, having a purpose for coming to school and learning, giving them examples of positive relationships, and knowing that there are people who care about them.  

These children MATTER!