Sanoya is such a beautiful young lady and so deserving of such an awesome award. She's a leader, very articulate, smart, team player, dependable, and very pleasant to be around.
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
Mentee of the Quarter: David
Mentor of the Quarter: Andrea Guadiana
Volunteer of the Quarter: Leah Penn
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
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
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
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.