Support Mentoring
Mentoring is good business
Facilitating opportunities to mentor young people is a meaningful way for a business to enhance community relations and instill a sense of corporate and individual pride in employees. It is also a low-cost investment for addressing complex social problems. The Grizzlies Foundation can connect your co-workers to mentoring: a proven way to help develop your character, improve skill and set goals. We would like to help you get involved.
Why your business should support mentoring
Today’s youth are the workforce of tomorrow
Mentoring increases the skills of future employees and provides opportunities to recruit a diverse workforce.
Today’s youth are the citizens of tomorrow
Mentoring offers opportunities for youth to grow into economically self-sufficient adults.
Satisfaction adults have through mentoring
Mentoring improves employee satisfaction translating into improved morale and retention.
How your business can support mentoring in Memphis
Host a mentoring presentation
The Grizzlies Foundation can present the case for mentoring and assist caring adults in finding programs that will fit their schedule and interests. Invite us to present a “lunch and learn” or information sessions.
“Adopt” a mentoring program
After learning about the variety of mentoring programs, choose one or more for your corporation and commit to recruit colleagues and employees to serve as mentors there.
Develop a workplace mentoring program
With the help of the Grizzlies Foundation, build your own mentoring program by partnering with a local school or agency and host mentoring outings in your office or on your campus.
Invite a Grizzlies speaker
Grizzlies owner and Foundation Board member Elliot Perry and other Grizzlies representatives will speak to your employees, vendors, clients and/or board about youth mentoring.
Provide time off for mentoring
Allow employees 1 hour a week or 3-4 hours per month time off during the workday to mentor.
Allow us to set up an informational table
The Grizzlies Foundation will distribute information and answer questions about mentoring at a corporate function.
Host a career exploration day
Host a group of mentors and mentees at your workplace to teach them about your business. The Grizzlies Foundation is happy to assist in the coordination of this event.
Provide in-kind services/goods
Mentoring programs have many needs, and your business might be able to help.
Design your own
Develop your own plan for engaging your co-workers in mentoring. The Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation will help.
All successful people have had mentors in their lives. All youth need them, and too many lack them. Help us spread the word and build the workforce and citizens of tomorrow.