Peanut Butter Make-up is the Path to Significance

 This is how we build mentoring relationships that matter:

At this point in the year, we are doing a lot of inviting.   We are asking folks to join us.   And, in some instances, we are begging.

In my neighborhood, I have 60-70 youth who desire significant, formational, caring adult friendships.  For lots of reasons, they just don't have them.  As we start to gather students on Monday evenings, beginning in a few short weeks, students will come.   I'm just praying adults will too.

We don't need adults with perfect lives or iron-clad advice.  Volunteers don't need schedules with openings the size of part-time jobs.  We aren't even looking for 40 and 50 year-olds to dress with 'swag' to fit in.

Instead...

We need mentors who will show up.
Mentor leaders join us many Monday nights.  Additionally they see students outside of program, attending games, sharing meals and even running errands.  We ask for a weekly connection and a year-long commitment.

We need adults who are willing to 'let loose.'   
This probably means some version of painting your face with peanut butter and letting high school students spit q-tips out of straws, in your direction.

We need adults who want to be significant.
Volunteer leaders discover that they are receiving far more than they are giving.  At a basic level, the youth we work with help us to escape the gravitational pull of narcissism and worry.   When we give for the sake of giving, we find life.  And we make genuine friends.

If this is you and you realize a little bit of peanut makeup could be the path to significance, then please contact me.
justin@urbanlifesd.org