Boone County Mentoring Appreciation Event
Help us celebrate our mentors and supporters this summer. Sponsorships are available now. Get more by bundling this event with …
The Boone County Mentoring Gala, coming this Fall
BCMP’s 2025 Gala is coming up this fall. Get your sponsorship now.
Megan Hammerle Memorial 5K coming up May 10, 2025
The annual Megan Hammerle Memorial 5k run/walk returns this May 10, 2025. Meet us at Lebanon High School, northeast side of building, on the track and field.
If Boone County wants to improve academics and opportunity, we must close the mentoring gap
We’ve known for decades how important mentorship is to kids and teens. We just need to act on it as a community.
Over $25,000 raised for Sylvia’s CAC and Boone County Mentoring
A special thanks to everyone who helped contribute over $25,000 for kids and families in Boone County This year’s Fore …
Help kids get to grade-level literacy with ReadUp
What’s at stake in Boone County? Barriers to reading shouldn’t hold kids back in Boone County Barriers to proficient reading …
How can I be a great mentor? It’s more than just being a role model
Mentoring young people — whether it’s professional growth on the job or as a friendly relationship to build rapport — …
What are the benefits of mentoring youth for the mentors? More than you probably know
We know kids and teens who have mentors are far more likely to have better school attendance, avoid substance abuse, enroll in college or vocational programs as young adults, and are far more likely to succeed in school and careers as a result.
Joe Watson and Jack Carroll create a friendship over a shared love of basketball
Joe Watson and Jack Carroll developed a mentoring friendship that formally lasted ten years. But it’s a friendship that continues to this day.
Mentoring rarely means working with “at-risk” or “troubled” youth
The majority of kids and teens actively matched or waiting for a match in the Boone County Mentoring Partnership can hardly be called “at-risk” or “troubled.” These are words that frequently come up when people are asked to mentor someone.