Who Are We?
The Mission of the Twinfield Together Mentoring Program is to provide all interested youth
in our community an opportunity for a one-on-one friendship with a responsible, attentive
and nurturing role model through a mentoring relationship.
Twinfield Together’s goal is to offer participants a broader worldview, increase exposure to healthy activities, and
increase experiences with positive communication and conflict resolution skills within a structured mentor/mentee friendship. Youth with a mentor will feel like they matter to people in their community.
Twinfield Together oversees three unique mentoring programs under the
Twinfield Together Mentoring Umbrella
in our community an opportunity for a one-on-one friendship with a responsible, attentive
and nurturing role model through a mentoring relationship.
Twinfield Together’s goal is to offer participants a broader worldview, increase exposure to healthy activities, and
increase experiences with positive communication and conflict resolution skills within a structured mentor/mentee friendship. Youth with a mentor will feel like they matter to people in their community.
Twinfield Together oversees three unique mentoring programs under the
Twinfield Together Mentoring Umbrella
Community-Based Mentoring: Children in fourth through ninth grade are matched with an adult role model, to engage in healthy activities they both enjoy. Matches meet in the community at least twice a month, in the after school hours.
Community Program Outcomes:
Everybody Wins! Mentoring: Adult volunteers are paired with students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The pairs meet weekly during lunch or breakfast, to share books, play games and develop lasting relationships. The commitment follows the school year schedule.
Everybody Wins! Program Outcomes:
Peer Mentoring: Matches high school mentors with mentees in kindergarten through 6th grade for a one-on-one friendship. Matches meet during the school day each week doing things they both enjoy.
Peer Mentoring Program Outcomes:
Community Program Outcomes:
- Youth gain broader worldview through increased access to area and regional activities.
- Youth increase communication skills and learn positive conflict resolution strategies.
- Youth feel like they matter to people in their community.
- Mentors/mentees enjoy their experience as mentor/mentee
Everybody Wins! Mentoring: Adult volunteers are paired with students in kindergarten through sixth grade. The pairs meet weekly during lunch or breakfast, to share books, play games and develop lasting relationships. The commitment follows the school year schedule.
Everybody Wins! Program Outcomes:
- Mentees have improved reading skills.
- Mentees demonstrate improved social emotional and interpersonal skills.
- Participants have an increased sense of connection to their community.
Peer Mentoring: Matches high school mentors with mentees in kindergarten through 6th grade for a one-on-one friendship. Matches meet during the school day each week doing things they both enjoy.
Peer Mentoring Program Outcomes:
- Youth improve social connections and communication skills.
- Youth improve positive relationship with school community.
Our Team
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Pam Quinn as been the program director for Twinfield Together since July of 2013. The mentoring world has been a great place for Pam as she is able to use her skills as a teacher, facilitator, and children's advocate to bring people together in the very community she lives in. Pam loves to cook and spend as much time as she can outside hiking and biking with her family.
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Grant Joy is Twinfield Together Mentoring Program's 2018-2019 AmeriCorps member. Grant comes from Southwest Ohio, and this is his second year of service with AmeriCorps. He enjoys hiking and camping, American history, documentaries, music, and sports!
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Tt Advisory Board
Twinfield Together Advisory Board meets on a monthly basis to support the program director with with program growth and strategic planning. The advisory board meets on the third Wednesday of the month for one hour. If you are interested in joining our advisory board team contact us at [email protected] and click here for an advisory board member job description.
Why Mentoring Matters
- Kids stay in school: Kids with mentors are less likely to skip school, and more apt to like it, increasing the possibility of continued studies through and after high school.
- More Respectful Relationships: Kids with mentors have a higher level of trust with their parents and a better sense of emotional support from their friends than kids without mentors
- Less Drug and Alcohol use: Kids with mentors are 46% less likely to use drugs and 27% less likely to use alcohol
Our Mentor Stories
Click on the pictures below to let the mentors' stories speak for themselves!
Patty & Lydia
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Joseph & Dylan
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