Mayor Rob McFarland is proud to proclaim January as National Mentoring Month in North Bend. The mayor encourages the community to join the annual National Mentoring Month campaign to focus attention on the need for mentors and work together to increase the number of mentors in North Bend. Doing so helps ensure positive outcomes for our youth.
Here are a few ways you can support mentoring programs in Snoqualmie Valley:
- Join a mentoring program, such as “Youth Success! Mentoring”, offered by the Empower Youth Network.
- Keep an eye out for mentoring programs that showcase career exploration and support workplace skills by helping young people set career goals.
- Once you join a mentoring program, show up! Youth who meet regularly with their mentors are 46 percent less likely than their peers to start using drugs and 27 percent less likely to start drinking.
Read Mayor Rob's full National Mentoring Month Proclamation HERE.