April 15 through 21st is National Volunteer Week! In recognition of this and of the many wonderful volunteer mentors in our program, we are holding an essay contest for all the mentors of Children of Promise!

To participate, mentors should go to the Children of Promise forum (see the tab above) and post an interesting, funny, or meaningful story about time spent with their mentee. The favorite story, as voted by the Children of Promise staff (this is highly scientific!), will win the grand prize of a $40 gift certificate to a favorite restaurant. And…as a thank you, all mentors that post a story will receive a gift certificate to a movie matinee for the mentor and mentee to attend! Submissions are due by Friday, April 20th, and a winner will be announced early the following week!!

We look forward to reading your stories!! Spread the word!

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Last night’s On-Going Mentor Training was delightful! We were happy to meet new and old mentors, alike, for a time of prayer, sharing, and learning! Here is an excerpt of some of the topics we covered:

Pray for your mentee.

The staff of Children of Promise would like to encourage all mentors to seriously devote time in prayer for your mentee. Many of us come into a mentoring relationship with high expectations of positive change. However, as the relationship progresses, we realize that this relationship is like all others, requiring us to be dedicated and to struggle with disappointment and difficulties. We have found that praying for a child and believing in God’s desire to reach their hearts and lives can lead to great changes in the momentum of the relationship and in the attitude of the child. In reality, there is a spiritual battle going on for the lives of each child in our program. There is a battle going on over the lives of each mentor in our program, as well. The best tool we have as mentors is prayer. This is how we can best contribute to everlasting change in their lives of each mentee and their families as well!

40 Developmental Assets

The staff of Children of Promise is constantly endeavoring to improve the program and increase the ability of our mentors to affect change. Our latest idea is to improve the mentor/mentee contracts adding an emphasis on the 40 Developmental Assets, which have been found to contribute to decreases in risky behaviors by adolescents when accumulated in their lives. More information on the 40 Developmental Assets will be added to this blog in the 40 Developmental Assets page. Please check it out for more great information!!

The next On-Going Mentor Training will be Monday, May 7th, with prayer at 5 pm and training starting at 5:30 pm.

Hope to see you all then!!

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All children, families, and mentors involved with our program are invited to come and spend a little time getting fit for this Spring!

This event includes…
Swimming in the indoor pool
Access to the climbing wall
Games and snacks in the game room


Date: Sunday, April 15, 2007

Time: 6 - 8 p.m.
Location: ETSU’s Center for Physical Activity


If you and your family would like to come, please let us know so we can plan how much food to bring!
Call the office # 423-610-1242 or
Email us at childrenofpromise@hotmail.com

Also, if anyone in the Children of Promise families needs a bathing suit, you may call Sarah Wells at Good Samaritan’s at (423) 928 - 0288. Let her know you are with Children of Promise and you will be able to get a brand-new bathing suit from Good Samaritan Ministries.

Directions: The CPA is located on the ETSU campus. On State of Franklin, turn into the ETSU campus at the light across from the entrance to the VA medical center. Follow this road until it ends and take a right. You should see the CPA complex and parking on your right.


Hope to see you there!!!

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Just a quick reminder…

This Thursday, March 29th, we have our monthly Fun Expedition event starting around 5:30 pm to give time for homework activities! Again, Children of Promise will be providing dinner in the Fun Expedition cafeteria! Don’t forget: mentees must work on homework activities for 30 minutes before playing in order to get free admission!

Also…On-Going Mentor Training is coming up on Monday, April 2nd. We will have food, fellowship, and a time of learning about topics relevant to mentoring children of prisoners. Hope to see our current mentors there!!!

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