volunteering

Mentor of the Quarter: Guy Rodgers

Mentor of the Quarter: Guy Rodgers

Guy Rodgers has been a delightful addition to the ATMN team and family. He has graciously committed each of his Thursday evenings to leading one of our Project Based Activities on site. Each week, a group of youth join him for his fun and engaging workout group. After he leads them in some running, exercise, and other activities then they hang out and talk about life, he instills life skills into them and they are able to talk and share things that are going on.

Volunteers of the Quarter: Thalia and Armando Ramirez

Volunteers of the Quarter: Thalia and Armando Ramirez

All Things Made New’s Birthday Card Club was created in August of 2020. By September of 2020 Armando and his mom Thalia were sending in beautiful, thoughtful, handmade birthday cards for ATMN youth participants feeling disconnected from their friends during the height of the pandemic.

Mentor Of The Quarter: Zach Evetts

Mentor Of The Quarter: Zach Evetts

For almost two years Zach has been such an amazing force of love and support to ATMN’s youth participants. Zach is both an individual and small group mentor for the Iron Roots program at ATMN. Through consistency and good listening, he has become a role model and sounding board for the youth he works with. He’s fun, laid back, open minded, encouraging. Zach is willing to "get in on the fun" with the boys and play games, sports, and teach them new skills.

Mentor Of The Quarter: Shani Thomas

Mentor Of The Quarter: Shani Thomas

What can we say about a mentor who brings such a shining light to all the youth she works with? Well, quite a bit actually.

Volunteer Of the Quarter: Lisa Johnson

“A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.” - Salvador Dali

Lisa Johnson is a true artist in every sense of the word. She not only creates beautiful art, she also inspires and guides other in their own creations. With kindness and patience, Lisa has been a mentor and invaluable supporter at All Things Made New. She leads our very popular art activities, mentors teen moms or teen moms-to-be in our G.R.A.C.E program, delivers packages of joy for our Birthday Card Club, and so much more. She even painted our beautiful ATMN family tree in the entryway of our campus!

ATMN wouldn’t be what it is without Lisa, and that is why she is our Volunteer of the Quarter.

Congratulations Lisa! Thank you for all you do!

All Things Made New Mentor of the Quarter: Nick Labo

All Things Made New Mentor of the Quarter: Nick Labo

Sometimes beautiful things come from times of crisis. Back in April 2020, All Things Made New sent out a call looking for more mentors to assist the youth participants who were suddenly grappling not only with the trials of middle school and high school, but also the uncertainty and isolation of a pandemic. One person who answered this call was Nick.

Trust And Mentoring

Trust And Mentoring

We asked to middle and high schoolers what makes someone trustworthy. As they began to list all the attributes of a trustworthy person, we made sure we paid attention. Because in the end, weren’t we, as mentors, asking these young people to find us trustworthy? Didn’t we want them to see us as someone they could confide in and be themselves around? Their lists were blueprints to how we can best mentor them.