{"id":74427,"date":"2019-09-20T00:30:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T00:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/pi%e5%8d%98on-project-mentors-sought\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:58:16","slug":"pi%e5%8d%98on-project-mentors-sought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/pi%e5%8d%98on-project-mentors-sought\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi\u5358on Project mentors sought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=7844e58a-97a4-4c53-ad04-430ae3841d6e&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1845\" height=\"1476\" alt=\"The Pi\u5358on Project is seeking adult volunteers to serve as youth mentors.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The Pi\u5358on Project is seeking adult volunteers to serve as youth mentors.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>The Pi\u5358on Project is seeking adult volunteers to mentor children and youths in the local community.<\/p>\n<p>The mentoring program aims to connect youth with a caring adult for at least a year. Mentors are expected to spend three hours a week with a child, having fun or spending time together in some capacity.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Pi\u5358on Project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinonproject.org\/youth-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, at-risk youths who have a mentor are 55% more likely to enroll in college, 78% more likely to volunteer regularly, 90% more interested in becoming a mentor, and 130% more likely to hold leadership positions.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in volunteering can contact Jorie McCann, youth mentoring outreach coordinator, by email at <a href=\"mailto:jmccann@pinonproject.org\">jmccann@pinonproject.org<\/a> or by phone at 564-3801, extension 3828.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers to spend three hours a week with local youth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5794,5737,5736,5735,5741,5784],"tags":[155,28,29,1269],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-74427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-headlines","category-local-news","category-news","category-newsletter","category-nonprofits","tag-education","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter","tag-nonprofits"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74427"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92456,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74427\/revisions\/92456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74427"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=74427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}