2013 Coaches' Challenge: Team Michigan
The National Mentoring Partnership has identified 15 million youth in need of a mentor. Each year, in an effort to help close the gap, the head football coaches from universities within Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska have issued a friendly challenge to see which state can recruit the most new mentors. This year, the challenge will be reinstated with two exciting new additions joining the efforts: the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota and Mentor Michigan.
Leading the Coaches’ Challenge efforts in partnership with Mentor Michigan is former University of Michigan Head Football Coach Lloyd Carr. Together, Coach Carr and Mentor Michigan will use the Coaches Challenges to recruit new mentors to serve Michigan youth by partnering with local mentoring organizations to host various mentor recruitment events across the state during college football season.
The Coaches’ Challenge will kick off on August 1, 2013. Any new mentor application that is received between August 1 and November 30, 2013 will count toward the “score” of the respective state. Football fans who take the Coaches’ Challenge will not only show their state pride, but by signing up to be a mentor, they will be making the difference of a lifetime by helping to improve the life of a child.
The overall winner of the 2013 “Coaches Mentoring Challenge” will be announced the week of December 13th. To learn more about the Coaches’ Challenge and all the teams involved,
click here.
Join Coach Carr’s winning team! Become a mentor to a young person in Michigan. Are you ready to show your state spirit by joining Team Michigan and becoming a mentor? It only takes one hour a week, and mentors find they get as much out of the relationship as the young person they support. Become the game-winning VIP for a young person in your community by finding a
mentoring program in your area.
Take the Challenge! Put Team Michigan in the lead by sharing your recruitment numbers and more!
Want to help make Team Michigan the Coaches’ Challenge victor? Whether you’re a mentoring program or just want to become a mentor recruitment cheerleader in your community, we want you on our team!
Players/Programs:
The best defense is a good offense – we need your mentor recruitment numbers! Share your mentor recruitment numbers with Mentor Michigan each month and you could score too - we’re giving away prizes to mentoring programs that complete our survey.
Each month, two mentoring programs that complete the mentor recruitment survey will be randomly selected to receive a $250 “Game-Winning” grant. Only programs that complete the survey for that respective month will be entered to win so be sure to submit your numbers each month!
In addition to the monthly drawings, a grand “Bowl Prize” drawing will also be held at the end of the Challenge. Each time a program submits their mentor recruitment numbers, they will also be entered into this Bowl Prize drawing – the more months you submit your numbers, the more chances you have to win! At the end of the Challenge, two “Bowl Prize” winners will be randomly selected to receive a $1,000 grant.
September 2013 Coaches' Challenge Report - Due October 9
October 2013 Coaches' Challenge Report - Due November 7
November 2013 Coaches' Challenge Report - Due December 6
Congratulations to Carson City-Crystal Mentoring Program and Take One Community Program in Pontiac, the winners of our August "Game-Winning" grants in the 2013 Coaches' Challenge for Mentoring! A special thanks to the other 21 programs who also submitted their August mentor recruitment numbers and helped us to reach a score of 320 new mentors.
Mentoring Cheerleader/Champion Materials:
Whether you’re a mentoring program or not, you can still support the Coaches’ Challenge! Promote the important need for mentors in your community and you could help cheer Team Michigan on to a win!
Coach Carr Mentoring PSAs
Mentor Recruitment Social Media Language
More tools coming soon!
