Helping Services for Northeast Iowa News

CRESCO – For Derrick Andersen, a sophomore at Crestwood High School, knowing his mentor Gene Koschmeder has brought plenty of fun and guidance into his life. The two have been participating in the mentoring program out of the Helping Services for Northeast Iowa for about three years now—enjoying every step along the way.

    The pair has experienced . . . → Read More: Mentoring program helps people enjoy the simple things in life

Building Bridges Through Mentoring would like to invite all current and new mentors and parents of mentees from Allamakee, Howard, and Winneshiek programs to attend a training session on Tuesday September 30th from 7-8:30p.m. at the United Methodist Church’s Fellowship Hall, in Decorah.  The training will focus on a new community resource for families called “Community . . . → Read More: Mentoring Training To Be Held

Mentoring programs at Helping Services had a great day on Saturday, May 30th giving back to the Cresco community.  MY Club, Howard County’s community mentoring program, hosted the event with 13 attendees from Howard and Winneshiek counties.  Before the group started their efforts, Katie Bee, Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist from Helping Services, gave a presentation on . . . → Read More: Mentoring Programs Cleanup Day in Howard County

The fourth Mentoring Bowl-a-thon occurred on Sunday, March 29th at Oneota Lanes in Decorah.  54 bowlers brought in donations after talking with many area folks about the mentoring programs.  A total of $ 2,978.14 was made at this event.  Many businesses were Lane Sponsors who donated funding to the event.  Those businesses are listed below.  Oneota . . . → Read More: Mentoring Bowl-a-thon Raises Big Money

Mentoring programs at Helping Services hosted their first special recruitment event, called Hoops & Scoops, on Saturday, October 11th at Ridgeway Elementary School.  The event scored big in the hearts of those in attendance.   Twenty-eight adults and youth played various games of basketball (the Hoops) games to get to know each other, “Championship Basketball”, pig, and . . . → Read More: Hoops & Scoops was a Slam Dunk