Mentor Resources
Mentoring Sites:
Mentor Duluth is a collaboration of 7 youth organizations that works to provide positive adult role models for kids.
The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota: Its mission is to connect more youth with quality mentoring and economic self-sufficiency experiences.
Mentor: An organization that promotes advocates and is a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.
The National Mentoring Center has a library of articles on mentoring.
Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs, and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults.
Working with Kids:
Tips for talking to kids and teens about tough issues.
Children of Prisoners Library (CPL), an Internet based resource provides free information sheets designed for people serving children of prisoners and their caregivers.
Activity ideas to do with Kids:
Creative Kids at home: Great activity ideas!
Twin ports night life: weekly calendar lists activities that are going on in the Duluth and Superior area.
Duluth Community Ed: The Community Ed website for fun and low-cost classes for all interests!
helpothers.org: Suggestions for improving the community and brightening people’s day!
actsofkindness.org Ideas of encouraging kindness in your community, school, business, and home.
Local Events Calendars:
Duluth News Tribune:Duluth New Tribune’s local events calendar.
Duluth.com This website is great for seeing what is going on for the same day.
Visitduluth.com This website offers an excellent list of events by month and annual events by season.
Fit City Duluth: Encourages healthy, active living.
Hartley Nature Center has seasonal activities, trails to ride, ski, walk or bike as well as rentals for skis and snowshoeing.
Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center has activities and events as well as excellent beginner ski trails.
Minnesota State Parks lists all MN parks and their activities and events.
Duluth Parks and Recreation site lists all area parks happenings.
Beaner’s Central is a locally owned coffee house that is also a great music venue. They also display art by local artists.
Duluth Playhouse: Listings of upcoming plays and events at the Duluth Playhouse.
College sites:
University of Wisconsin Superior
University of Minnesota-Duluth
College of St. Scholastica – Mitchell Auditorium
