• Silver Lining Mentoring

    Silver Lining Mentoring is a nonprofit organization based in Boston, MA that empowers youth in foster care to thrive through committed mentoring relationships and the development of essential life skills. We offer a variety of programs for youth and young adults with foster care experience in our regional programs as well as with our recently launched e-Mentoring program currently available for young adults in the New England area. This volunteer opportunity is available for U.S. based volunteers only at this time.

     

    Privacy Policy Statement:
    To protect participant safety, evaluate effectiveness and make continuous program improvements, Silver Lining Mentoring collects and maintains demographic information, as well as documentation of survey responses and communication with its volunteer mentors. Information is entered into a secure database, Salesforce, that can only be accessed by staff at Silver Lining Mentoring. Silver Lining Mentoring will not share a mentor's personal information without explicit consent. As a mentor, you acknowledge and agree to how Silver Lining Mentoring will collect and utilize data in conjunction with the Salesforce database.

     

    Program Acknowledgements

  • Volunteer Interests, Contact and Demographic Information

  • Select all interest(s) & skills that apply:

  • Contact Information

  • Date of Birth*
     - -
    2 digit month, 2 digit day, 4 digit year
  • Format: (000) 000-0000.
  • State*
  • Gender*
  • Pronouns*
  • Sexual Orientation*
  • Race/Ethnicity*

  • Employment Information

  • Work Address: State*
  • Work Location*

  • Personal & Volunteer Experience

  • Please select all that apply to your personal experience*
  • Referral Source:*

  • Previous Volunteer Experience

  • Do you have previous mentoring experience?*

  • If you have been involved in another mentoring program or youth service agency, where and when?

  • Mentoring at Silver Lining Mentoring

  • Mentors agree to:

    • Agree to meet with their mentee for 4 hours/month for a period of at least 1 year, and maintain twice monthly communication with their mentee via phone, email and/or social media.
    • Undergo a rigorous screening and training process.
    • Engage in on-going communication with Silver Lining Mentoring programming staff, and agree to be in monthly communication (phone or email) with their Program Coordinator.
    • Receive invitations to virtual group events.

  • Schedule and Logistical Information

  • Can you commit to meeting with a mentee for 4 hours/month with twice monthly communication for at least 1 year from the time of being matched?*

  • Availability

    Please list below all possible availability you have to meet with your mentee:

    NOTE: e-Mentoring mentors and mentees may have varied availability for virtual connections based on their work, school or other schedules. Matches are decided, in part, based on availability, capacity, current needs, mentee preferences, and SLM staff recommendations. The information below will help us share accurate information with potential mentees about when they can expect to have access to you in real-time as well as asynchronously.

  • Interests

    What do you like to do in your free time? (Give specifics, if possible. This helps us to make appropriate mentor-mentee matches)

  • Please select all that you like to do in your free time*

  • e-Personality

  • Which communication avenues do you typically use to stay connected with people you care about?*
  • When you text/chat online, do you mostly use:*

  • Self-Reflection and Matching Assessment

  • Please select all that apply for why you want to be a mentor at this time.*
  • Please select which of these goals you would be able to support a mentee in working on*

  • Matching Assessment

    While we cannot guarantee any of the below preferences will be met due to how matching works, we want to understand how important is it to you that your mentee...

  • I would be a good mentor for a mentee that is:
  • I would NOT be a good mentor for a mentee that is:

  • Thank You!

  • We appreciate you taking the time today to fill out this application and take the next step to volunteer with Silver Lining Mentoring. Upon submission, someone from our team will be in touch within one week. We appreciate your patience and look forward to connecting with you.

    Questions? Contact us at ementor@silverliningmentoring.org or (617) 224-1300

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