The Shining Light Mentoring Program

The Mission

The mission of the Shining Light Mentoring Program is to provide youth with the opportunity to foster a sense of personal worth and well-being. The modeling of productive, healthy life choices leads to increased self-esteem in youth and encourages future constructive decision-making.

 The Shining Light Mentoring Program

The Shining Light Mentoring Program serves middle school students from Barnard, Bridgewater, Killington, Pomfret, Reading and Woodstock by matching them with positive adult role models. The Shining Light Mentoring Program is run jointly through the Ottauquechee Community Partnership (OCP) and the Windsor Central Supervisory Union.

Mentoring

  • Increases children’s self-esteem
  • Leads to better school grades
  • Improves peer and family relationships
  • Promotes overall healthy lifestyle choices*
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How Does The Mentoring Program Work?
  • The Shining Light Mentoring Program is a school-based program founded upon the Big Brothers Big Sisters model
  • The program connects 7th and 8th graders with positive community members and can continue through high school
  • Mentors and mentees meet once a week for approximately 1 ½ hours during the academic year
  • Mentors and mentees meet during the school day, usually during the students’ study hall
  • Mentors and mentees spend time at approved sites located throughout the Woodstock area
  • Prospective mentors agree to a federal criminal background check
  • All mentors receive special, individualized training
  • While the initial commitment is only for one school year, many mentoring relationships choose to renew for many years!
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Contact Information

To learn more about the Shining Light Mentoring Program please contact Nerissa Edwards, at:

E-mail: slm@ocpvt.org

Phone: (802) 457-2679

Address: 32 Pleasant Street

Woodstock, VT 05091

 Please think about becoming a volunteer for the Shining Light Mentoring Program.

Ready to Volunteer?
Mentor Application (click here to download)
Mentee Application (click here to download)

*Mentoring:  A Promising Strategy for Youth Development. Susan M. Jekielek, Kristin A. Moore, Elizabeth C. Hair, and Harriet J. Scarupa, Child Trends Research Brief, Feb. 2002.

Ottauquechee Community Partnership
Promoting Safe, Healthy and Balanced Lives
PO Box 732  •  Woodstock, Vermont  •  05091  •  802-457-2679