The Mass Mentoring Partnership, with support from the Highland Street Foundation, launched the “Highland Street Corps Ambassadors of Mentoring”.  Ambassadors are AmeriCorps members who are placed at mentoring programs and youth-serving organizations statewide to help capacity-build in the following program areas: mentoring program development and support; mentor/mentee training; match support; and mentor recruitment/marketing.  As hosts of Highland Street Corps Ambassadors of Mentoring, programs will benefit from dedicated members who receive intensive professional development trainings to specifically benefit mentoring programs. Members receive training based on the Elements of Effective Practice in areas such as program development, mentor/mentee training, match support, and marketing and mentor recruitment, along with ongoing technical support like no other AmeriCorps program in the state. Hosting an Ambassador is a cost-effective way to help programs serve more youth. To read more about the program, please visit the following site: http://www.massmentors.org/ambassadors.

Please also visit the Highland Street Corps blog, http://www.highlandstreetcorps.blogspot.com, which is updated weekly, and includes a powerful, real-time look at the Ambassadors’ experiences and contributions.