2012 Thank Your Mentor Day - Jan. 26

[RoboMom]

Thursday January 26, 2012 is national “Thank Your Mentor Day”


This is a wonderful opportunity for teams to give their mentors special thanks and to publicize the important work the mentors do.

Remember the technical and the non-technical mentors, such as the engineers, machinists, teachers, parents, college students and other adults who may help your team.

Tell your community how important your mentors are to your team.

There were 100,000 mentors and volunteers involved in FIRST last year. We have a lot to be thankful for!



Some ideas:
• Contact your local media [newspaper, TV station, and social media] for a story about your mentors and your team.
• Recognize your mentors at your school during morning announcements.
• Send an e-card through www.whomentoredyou.org or other sites.
• Organize an open house for the team’s community, with special recognition highlighting the mentors.
• Write a thank you note. Include a picture of the team.

Great! We're so doing this this year!

[rachelholladay]

Sounds awesome! Is there a Facebook event like there was for the "wear a robotics shirt day" ? If not, I could make it, anything to increase the publicity. We do love our mentors!

[maxwellt]

sounds cool i will have to talk to my team about it

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by RoboMom

Thursday January 26, 2012 is national “Thank Your Mentor Day”.

FYI. This is a national event (not just FIRST). I added the suggestions.

[RoboMom]

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[rsisk]

Thanks to all the mentors who share their wisdom here on CD.

You are all an inspiration to me!

[JaneYoung]

Several years ago, I wrote about one of the most important mentors in my life. I'd like to share that post again in this thread. Abigail Stevenson was my 9th grade Science teacher and she has played a huge part in helping to shape me into the person that I am today. I miss her very much but have wonderful memories of her. I'm glad I was wise enough to realize that something special was happening in that classroom and that I needed to pay close attention. Even though I moved shortly after that 9th grade year, she kept up with me (and encouraged me to grow by how she lived) for the rest of her life. It was a gift. Here's my original post.

Mentoring is no small thing.

Jane