Youth Mentoring

Tasty Thursdays location has changed to the Sugar Bowl's downtown location! Mentors, mentees, family members, and those interested in finding out more about mentoring are invited to come and enjoy a tasty treat compliments of Sugar Bowl. Come for a few minutes, come for the hour, or come at a time that fits your schedule....

Mentors, mentees, waiting youth, and Mentors For A Day are invited to enjoy a river boat cruise down the Mississippi. Come and join the fun! We need 30 people to make this event happen. Mentors For A Day (volunteers who spend time with an assigned youth) are needed. A meal will be provided. Please RSVP...

The advisory group for the Allamakee Mentoring Program is hosting it's meeting. Topics for discussion include how to get more men involved, recruitment updates, school-based mentoring progress, and much more. If you would like to join the meeting, please contact mentoring@helpingservices.org for meeting information. Newcomers are welcome! 

Winneshiek County's mentoring program at Helping Services is Building Bridges Through Mentoring. This commmittee meeting will ask for ideas about how to recruit more mentors, will feature upcoming trainings, and share about the matches fun times in Winneshiek County. New members are welcome!

The best time for ice cream is anytime! Mentors, mentees, Mentors For A Day, Steering Committees, their families, and anyone interested in finding out more about Youth Mentoring are welcome to come and enjoy an ice cream treat complitments of Sugar Bowl. This event will take place at their downtown location. Come for the whole...

Let's have some fun at the Cresco Fitness Center! Mentors, mentees, Mentors For A Day, and waiting youth are invited to come and enjoy swimming in the indoor pool, playing ping-pong, shooting hoops, walking the track area, playing board/card games, and enjoying a meal together. Please bring with you a change of shoes. If you...

Steering Committee members for Howard County's mentoring program (MY Club) will meet to discuss program goals, upcoming trainings and events, mentoring matches, and how to recruit more mentors. New members are welcome!!

Prescription drugs are prescribed by a doctor and picked up at a pharmacy. These drugs are helpful when used the correct way. Some of the prescription drugs are a hit on the streets, abused once prescribed, or searched for on websites selling fake drugs. Please join this important training being led by the Delaware County...

Mentors, mentees, Mentors For A Day, and waiting youth are invited to travel to EWALU to do archery, low-ropes challenges, ziplining, eat lunch together, and have fun! Attendees can travel to the site on their own or travel together via a Townline Bus. Bus riders must be at Helping Services' office at 9:15 a.m. to...

Bullying is a topic that is very sensitive as children need support and a healthy environment to thrive in. Those who are bullied can turn to doing risky behaviors like misusing alcohol, tobacco products, other drugs, and problem gambling. Those who bully may also fall into some of these dangerous behaviors. What can we do?...