VIP Mentoring

Support VIP Mentoring and Enjoy Great Jazz! On Thursday, May 27 from 7 to 8 PM, vocalist Emma Aboukasm and pianist Scott Gwinnell will perform an hour of jazz standards online. There is no charge, but viewers can make an optional donation to support VIP – which has been serving at-risk youngsters and their families for 40 years. With households and schooling often disrupted, VIP’s work is more important today than ever, and we're counting on our friends for their support. www.vipmentoring.org/donate

Donate Your donation has the power to make a difference in the life of a young person. We don’t just mentor, we change lives. By supporting VIP, you have the opportunity to help alter the path of a young, innocent life desperately in need of attention and direction.

One of our virtual learners created this on her break. I'm so happy to share her great work.

We miss everyone! While the current situation prevents social gatherings, we look forward to the day we’ll be able to get together again with our mentors and mentees. Meanwhile, here is a brief video from our 2017 holiday party. https://vimeo.com/248019909
Your donation to VIP Mentoring will help young people in so many ways – especially important today as educational security is disrupted and we face a challenging winter. You can make a donation online – securely and simply Click here for more information, and thank you for supporting VIP. https://www.vipmentoring.org/help-us-help-young-people/

Help Us Help Young People! Help Us Help Young People! Helping young people depends on your support. These are challenging times for VIP Mentoring. As we celebrate our 40th year – and the tremendous difference mentoring has made in so many young lives – is has been necessary to re-think much of our mission. With schools cl...

YOU can make a difference in the life of a young person! Please consider becoming an online mentor! With their educational stability being interrupted, our VIP mentees depend on us more than ever. By spending ]an hour so per week meeting online – getting to know the youngster, offering advice, and helping with school work – you’ll be helping him or her set the stage for a successful life. VIP will handle all orientation and online arrangements. Please all us call us at 313-964-1110 or email Kimberly Vann at [email protected]. See the difference mentoring can make in this brief video about VIP’s Bobby Johnson, who was named 2017 Mentor of the Year by the Michigan Community Service Commission.

Mentor of the Year Bobby Johnson This is "Mentor of the Year Bobby Johnson" by VIP Mentoring on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Making space for children we know need a safe place outside of their home. I would like to thank the parents who allowed us to give their children a home away from home. Support VIP as we support the kids who need your attention now more than any other time.
YOU can make a difference in the life of a young person! Please consider becoming an online mentor! With their educational stability being interrupted, our VIP mentees depend on us more than ever. By spending an hour so per week meeting online – getting to know the youngster, offering advice, and helping with school work – you’ll be helping him or her set the stage for a successful life. VIP will handle all orientation and online arrangements.
Please call us at 313-964-1110 or email Kimberly Vann at [email protected].

Everyday that you support VIP, you help keep the doors open to allow someone to be there for the 143 children, their siblings and their families to have someplace to call for resources, mental support, or just someone to be there to answer. Your donation of as little as $10 can make sure a child has a place to turn to when parents think they need outside support. Visit www.vipmentoring.org/donate/ to show your support for Metro Detroit kids! Be the difference!

As we celebrate our 40th year – and the tremendous difference mentoring has made in so many young lives – is has been necessary to re-focus much of our mission. With schools closed and gatherings limited, we have had to visit our children at their homes, outside and socially distanced. We have also turned to online mentoring to maintain the connections so valuable to young people. And we’ve even started in-student hubs at the Durfee Innovation Society, where we are currently able to meet with small groups of children. During the days ahead, VIP is in need of:
• More online mentors who can devote an hour or so each week to help counsel young people, and also to provide support with schoolwork.
• Additional financial support because some of our traditional sources of income aren't as certain as they’ve been. Even a $10 donation will help.
Visit us at vipmentoring.org/donate/ today!

These are challenging times for VIP Mentoring. Not only must we approach mentoring, counseling and tutoring in new and different ways – but our traditional sources of income aren’t as certain as they’ve been in the past. Please consider a donation to VIP. Even $10 helps us continue our work with VIP children – more important today than ever before! Donating online is secure and simple. Click here for more information, and thank you for supporting VIP.

Help Us Help Young People! Help Us Help Young People! Helping young people depends on your support. These are challenging times for VIP Mentoring. As we celebrate our 40th year – and the tremendous difference mentoring has made in so many young lives – is has been necessary to re-think much of our mission. With schools cl...

VIP celebrates 40 years in 2020! Here’s a four-minute video showing just a few highlights from the past four decades.

VIP Mentoring: Highlights of 40 Years Founded in 1980, Detroit's VIP Mentoring is celebrating 40 years of service in 2020.

The past few months have been challenging for VIP Mentoring. The pandemic crisis has disrupted educational stability for our young people – and has also meant we’ve shifted our focus to online mentoring. These challenges will continue.
Please support our annual “Coaches for Kids” Tailgate via ZOOM – on Wednesday, December 16, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM.

During the days ahead, we’re counting on our supporters to help VIP secure:
• More online mentors to devote an hour or so a week to mentor young people, and also provide support with schoolwork.
• Additional financial support because some of our traditional sources of income aren't as certain as they’ve been.

Look for more info during the next couple days. For questions contact Kimberly Vann at [email protected] or 313 964-1110.

These faces remind us why we do our work! Be a mentor today!

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