Mentor

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Volunteer

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Change Lives

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What Does It Mean To Mentor

Believing that every child should be given the opportunity to realize his/her full potential, the TIME Mentoring program has as its mission providing a positive mentoring relationship for any child within Baxter County who needs extra support. Through trained community volunteers, the child will be provided friendship, guidance, and encouraged to strive for positive attitudes toward themselves and others as well as learn to practice constructive behavior.

This program, run cooperatively through the Baxter County Family Resource Center, the AmeriCorps Community Initiative of Arkansas representative and Volunteer Coordinator, Erric Totty, together are committed to providing a mentor for each Baxter County Alternative School student. These adult, community volunteers commit to a minimum of one hour each week to establish individual, caring relationships with a BCAS student. The TIME Mentoring Program focuses on improving the lives of children in our community by providing mentors to listen, talk and guide them in identifying problems, setting goals and encouraging them toward a constructive and productive lifestyle.

Currently, 70 mentors volunteer at BCAS. This program is funded through the public school tuition received for each student enrolled in BCAS, the Family Resource Center grant and the Community Initiative of Arkansas grant.

To learn more about the program, click here for a video.  (Website opens in a new window.)

For more information, fill out this short volunteer application  or call Erric Totty at 425-3840, ext. 32 or 421-7308.