What Peer Mentors Have to Say

Asia & Lauren

Isaiah & Damon

"It's almost healing to be a mentor. Just being a mentor on it's own, it feels good, you're doing good. And You're making yourself better and you're making somebody else feel better. It's awesome. I LOVE it." -Asia 2016

Kendra & Izabella 

"I don't think a lot of the high school students realize how much joy they can bring to a younger kids life, until they do something like mentoring. For some of the kids, their mentor is the one person they always look forward to seeing :)  My favorite part about it all is definietly seeing the look on Izabella's face when I go and get her from her classroom, also doing really cool science experiements (specifically making slime)." -Kendra 2016

Dakota & August 

"I really like the relationship that August and I have developed overtime. When we first started hanging out it was kind of like 'oh we don't know each other' so we were just kind of timid around each other and now we know each others lives and we can ask questions about each other and it's really awesome. Awesome, not only for her I think, but also for me. I've had a lot of fun and I think she has too. Definitely do it." -Dakota 2016

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"It seems like at first that you're not really making a difference, but you just have to be happy to see them. It's just so simple, like all you need to do is be engaging. I mean, as long as you're running around you can be happy because you're in the moment, you don't have time to think about anything else, you're just having fun." -Isaiah 2016

Jakob & Brayden 

"Being a mentor is a great opportunity to not only help out the kids, but also just like in a greater sense help out and give back to the community. It's not like a one sided benefit, it also helps us as students out and as mentors out." -Jakob 2016 

Eli & Milo

"It's not the activity that connects us, it's the time we spend talking. It's good for him to have someone to talk to who has already been through the struggles of middle school." - Eli 2016