We are looking for local mentors who are 21 or older who will commit to at least one year building a relationship with a student in 3-5th grade in our neighborhood. Blueprint 58 recruits mentors who are open-minded, willing to learn, and have a passion for loving their neighbors.

Mentors must complete an application, interview, background check, references, and training. Mentors must commit to one year of spending at least 4 hours a month with the student they mentor.

We believe that mentors and students have equally as much to learn from each other, but we do believe that mentors have a specific role to play in the life of their mentee. We host a three hour training to prepare our mentors. We also require a 2-hour Community-Centered-Service Training we developed in partnership with Connecting the Cause, to ensure our mentors understand serving our neighbors with dignity and what it means to keep the community first.

Engaging the entire family is important for us at Blueprint 58. For this reason, we often host events like game nights, Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas parties etc which are designed to engage the whole family and build deeper community.

We organize events that are focused on fun activities to support mentor-student bonding. In the past, these events have included SkyZone, an Alvin Ailey Performance, movie nights, vision boards etc. We also host Mentor specific events and appreciation dinners to help mentors build deeper community with other mentors.