Testimonials
"I just want to say thanks for everything. Thanks for being a mentor
and most of all, a friend. I don't know what path my life would have taken without your help or your friendship."
~ Eddie, 18 years old, Mentee
and most of all, a friend. I don't know what path my life would have taken without your help or your friendship."
~ Eddie, 18 years old, Mentee
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"By simply offering my time and friendship, my assistance and encouragement, I have witnessed an awakening in my mentee's self-esteem, confidence and academics. And while perceived as 'giving,' it is I who receive the ten-fold benefit of this partnership." ~ Deborah Baratta, Mentor |
The Sonoma Valley "Stand By Me" Mentoring Alliance is an excellent example of how a community can benefit through committed and caring individuals. They are having tremendous success at keeping at-risk youth positive and productive. This one-on-one mentoring program has been very successful at turning lives around, preventing anti-social and criminal activity, as well as developing our at-risk youth into productive members of society that contribute positively to the community instead of becoming a drain on our limited resources."~ Bill Cogbill, Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner |
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"In my twenty two years of working at Flowery School, I have not seen any program that has so intimately touched the lives of so many of our students." ~ Doris Estudillo, |
