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A Night of Firsts

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Celebrate National Mentoring Month by learning how to make a difference in a child's life through mentoring during A Night of Firsts presented by the Alexandria Mentoring Partnership. RSVP and find out more at: https://survey.alexandriava.gov/s3/NightofFirstsRSVP.

Mentor One Child. Change Two Lives!

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Please join the Alexandria Mentoring Partnership for the rescheduled National Mentoring Month Recruitment Event on Thursday, February 12, 2015 from 6 to 8PM. For more information, visit: http://www.alexandriava.gov/Mentoring.

Mentor A Child, Change Two Lives

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Become a Mentor and Change Two LivesSOHO is an creative mentorship program that serves pre-teen girls by providing yearlong mentoring through engagement in life skills instruction, creative art activities and meaningful community service projects.

This Week's Nonprofit Spotlight is Alexandria Mentoring Partnership (AMP)

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What is Alexandria Mentoring Partnership?

Established in 2006 by City staff, mentor program representatives, and community volunteers, the Alexandria Mentoring Partnership is focused on providing underserved children throughout Alexandria with mentors. As the leading organization for mentoring programs in Northern Virginia, it serves as the primary place for mentor and mentee referrals, and it offers other mentor programs a chance to discuss the most efficient methods for mentor recruitment, training, and support.

Community Lodgings BBQ & Cornhole Tournament Fundraiser

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Who: Community Lodgings’ Boys Mentoring Group, Their Family and Friends

What: Food, Games, Fun!

When: Noon – 3:00pm, Saturday, Aug. 25th; Cornhole Tournament begins @ 1:00pm

Where: Family Learning Center; 607 Notabene, Alexandria, VA – *Near the intersection of Glebe and Mount Vernon Avenue*

Community Lodgings Celebrates 25 Years with BBQ & Cornhole Tournament

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community_lodgings_boys_bbq These girls raising money for the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria weren't the only local children out raising money for a local nonprofit at the Four Mile Run Farmers & Artisans Market on Sunday.

The boys in Community Lodgings' mentoring program were also there raising money to help sustain the program they love. We love nothing more than supporting young philanthropists!

You can pitch in and support the Community Lodgings Boys Mentoring Group by attending their BBQ Fundraiser and Cornhole Tournament on Saturday, August 25th between noon and 3:00pm.

This Week: Support the SOHO mentoring program for at-risk pre-teen girls

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This week, help The Art League raise $2,500 for the creative materials critical to the success of the award-winning SOHO mentoring program.

For most of us, having our own room with our own furniture as a child is normal. For girls in the Art League's Space of Her Own (SOHO) program, it’s not.

The Mentor Experience: Learn How to Be a Mentor

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Mentor a Child, Change Two lives

Would you like to learn how to become a mentor?
Are you in process of becoming a mentor but would like to learn more about the year ahead?

The school year is fast approaching and we need at least 100 new mentors. Please come to this FREE, fun and dual-themed event!! Bring a friend. Refreshments
provided.

Alexandria Mentoring Partnership Needs 100 Mentors

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As the school year approaches, the Alexandria Mentoring Partnership anticipates needing at least 100 new mentors!

According to the Alexandria Mentoring Program, 50% of Alexandria's young people live in situations that put them at risk of not living up to their full potential. With mentoring, that risk is dramatically reduced.

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Mentor a Child, Change Two Lives: Alexandria Mentoring Partnership

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