City Councils and County Commissioners proclaim January as national mentoring month throughout the Valley!

Mentoring Works!

Within the Mi Animo Prevention Program, evidence strongly supports that mentoring works! Attendance and grades of students involved in the program has improved.

• Children in the mentoring program are making honor roll for the first time.
• Some children have been named students of the month.
• Children are improving at least one letter grade in their weakest subjects and showing improved effort overall.
• Students involved in mentoring show that they are 44% less likely to do drugs, 27% less likely to drink alcohol, 52% less likely to skip school and 38% less likely to skip class.

It takes all of us!Mi Animo Prevention staff know, like police and county sheriffs know, that our work to combat the problems of underage drinking starts with each of us. Prevention must start here with all of us--teachers, lawyers, parents, counselors, doctors, pastors, friends, family. As a community, we need to stop teens access to alcohol. In this effort, mentors make a huge difference.

Mi Animo Prevention Mentees from Conejos County
Mi Animo Prevention Mentors from San Luis
Mi Animo Prevention Mentees from Alamosa