On October 6, sixty active mentors and stakeholders attended the HomeStretch Mentor Workshop at North Point Community Church. Brandon Smith, The Workplace Therapist, guided participants through a presentation on how to become people of influence. He emphasized the ideas of building trust, promoting change, and connecting people to purpose. He also challenged the group to determine what they will, “start, stop, and continue doing” as a takeaway from the session.
In the HomeStretch program, each family works with a budget mentor and a family mentor. Historically, the most successful families in our program have healthy mentor relationships. “Mentors are unique in their ability to influence, encourage, and promote healthy change as families pursue stability,” explains HomeStretch Program Director Carol Swan.
Given their importance to the HomeStretch model, we are always looking for ways to thank our mentors. The workshop was a way to take our gratitude a step further by helping them more effectively engage with resident families. Carol was thrilled Brandon agreed to lead it. “He gave everyone tools to enhance not only their mentoring relationships, but all relationships.”
Each participant took home a copy of Bridges Out of Poverty, thanks to a generous grant from the Roswell United Methodist Church Foundation. Special thanks to North Point Community Church for providing the perfect space for this event.
