Mentoring Awareness Month

The road from youth to adulthood is not always a smooth one. Very few of us have made the journey without the help and guidance of someone who is both older and wiser. September is Mentoring Awareness Month and Curtis Neal, Drayton Valley’s Youth Mentor Connector wants to hear your story of being mentored. Whether it was from a coach, a teacher, a relative, parent, or someone else, most of us have had someone impact our life significantly enough to change the outcome of our future and to make us better, more rounded adults. It is no different today. Young people need adults to impact their lives and help steer then toward a healthy and happy future. You can be the difference in seeing this happen by sharing your story of being mentored and telling how mentoring helped improve your life. Then we hope you’ll offer some of your time to mentor a youth yourself. It’s a tremendous way to pass on some of your knowledge and experience and to give back to the community we all call home. You can drop your story off at the Town Office, or email it to
mentor@draytonvalley.ca. Deadline is September 30th 2010.  

BACK TO SCHOOL 

The end of summer also means that children will be heading back to school once more. Please remember that school zones will be back in effect this week. We’re asking everyone to slow down when passing schools, or anywhere else that children might be playing. Children don’t always take as much care around traffic as they should, so it’s up to us, as adults, to see that they stay safe. Respecting the speed limit in school zones will save you from getting a speeding ticket and will help to keep our youngest and most precious citizens safe at the same time. It’s just the right thing to do!!!