Businesses
Project Mentor Business Partnerships
To reach our goal of empowering Columbus City School students for success through strong mentoring relationships, Project Mentor is looking to businesses, corporations and organizations to encourage their employees to volunteer as mentors. More than 65 businesses and organizations are already serving as Project Mentor Volunteer Partners!
This is a unique opportunity for your business and your employees to make a difference in our community. Your employees would spend just one hour a week with their student, matched with them by Big Brothers Big Sisters staffers. Mentoring schedules are flexible and are often tailored to fit around the lunch hour.
It's easy to get started and Big Brothers Big Sisters will provide support every step of the way.
5 Steps to Get Started
Step 1
Become a Project Mentor partner, call 614-839-KIDS (5437) for more information
Step 2
Select a liaison to work closely with your Big Brothers Big Sisters coordinator
Step 3
Begin recruitment of mentors
Step 4
Mentors are trained and enrolled
Step 5
Mentors are matched with their student and spend one hour per week together.
Company Benefits
Employers supporting mentoring efforts will find greater appreciation and job satisfaction from their employees. Company benefits include:
- Improved employee engagement and performance
- Stronger public relations and image
- Economic benefits to central Ohio
- Professional development for employees
- Improved recruitment and retention of employees
- Teambuilding for your company
Make it Happen -
Recruitment Strategies for your Company
- Invite a high-level executive to help promote Project Mentor company-wide
- Send a recruitment e-mail
- Distribute recruitment flyers and brochures
- Show Project Mentor informational videos
- Arrange for a Project Mentor speaker to share their mentoring experience
- Ask current mentors from your company to speak about being a mentor
- Arrange for Project Mentor staff to answer questions in the break room or cafeteria
- Schedule a brown-bag lunch discussion with Project Mentor staff and interested employees
- Include a recruitment message in your company newsletter or on your website
- Have a mentor appreciation coffee break, social time or special event
- Offer mentors incentives like free tickets, meals, etc.
- Invite a mentor and mentee pair to a company event
- Schedule a "field trip" to see a Project Mentor program
- Offer employees flexible time to mentor
- Provide mentors transporation to the school(s) or set up a Project Mentor carpool schedule
- Recognize current volunteer mentors on your website, the intranet or in your newsletter
