|
Can you think of someone who has been a mentor in
your life?
v
IIs it someone in your
family?
v
IIs it someone involved in
your education?
v
IIs it someone you work
with?
 Remember that special person as you
learn more about the DOUGLAS COUNTY PARTNERS MENTORING
PROGRAM.
The kids who have been referred to our
program have yet to find that special person in their
lives to be an advocate, who listens and shows by example
how to make good decisions. They need you to fulfill
these roles for them. It doesn’t take experience. It
takes a person who likes kids and wants to make a
difference in someone’s life. The kids just want to
have fun, laugh, and learn new things.
We have many kids in our DreamCatchers
Program who are waiting to be matched with a mentor.
These kids participate in monthly activities with
Partners’ staff, but they really want a mentor and are
anxiously waiting for you to volunteer. Will you be a
mentor to one of these kids?
Get involved by helping kids in your
community today.
|
Contact information: |
|
Douglas County Partners
513 Wilcox Street
Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
(Plaza Building of
the Castle Rock Bank)
interactive map
720-733-1960
email
Program Director Jessica Summers
Case Manager Carol Lillich
|
|
Program Information |
|
Douglas County Partners has been
successfully helping kids since 2001 when a feasibility
report revealed the need for mentoring services in the
County. We match kids ages 8-17 with adult, volunteer
mentors. Our kids, who voluntarily participate with the
support of their families, live in Castle Rock,
Larkspur, Parker, Highlands Ranch and Lone Tree. They
are referred by Douglas County schools, juvenile
diversion, Douglas County Human Services, the Women’s
Crisis Center and other human service agencies.
Mentoring relationships begin with a one-year
commitment, during which the mentor, youth, and the
family receive the support services available through all
Partners programs. During the first year, the youth (Junior
Partner) and the mentor (Senior Partner) meet weekly to
do activities together. It’s a time to listen, offer
support, show you care, become a friend, and to have
fun. Even though the initial commitment is for one year,
Partnerships often continue for several years as the
friendship continues to grow and flourish.
|
|
Staff |
|
Mary Ann
Burdick |
|
Executive
Director, Metro Denver Partners |
|
Jessica Summers |
|
Douglas County Program Director,
Metro Denver Partners |
|
Carol Lillich |
|
Case Manager, Metro
Denver Partners |
|
Ruth Anna |
|
Marketing Consultant |
|
|
Douglas County Partners
Advisory Board |
|
David Billingslea |
|
Chair, Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc |
|
Jason Germain |
|
Vice Chair, Out of District
Coordinator |
|
Jim Demchak |
|
Immediate Past Chair, Business Consultant |
|
Donna Russell |
|
First Commercial
Bank/Representative to Metro Denver
Partners Board |
|
Dan Apricio |
|
FirstBank |
|
Ken Elliott |
|
Webmaster and
artist |
|
Ralph Hargrow |
|
Molson Coors Brewing Company |
|
Garry Higdem |
|
CH2M HILL
|
|
Larry Martin |
|
Merrill Lynch |
|
Susanna Meissner-Cutler |
|
Douglas County Court Judge |
|
Jessica Ness |
|
Colorado Capital Bank |
|
Grant Wicklund |
|
Centura Health |
|
