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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cYvonne is the perfect mentor for Evelyn,\u201d said Colleen Nunn, coordinator of mentoring programs for the Calaveras County Office of Education. \u201cYvonne is an incredibly open-hearted person, and she showers Evelyn with love and attention. She really understands what helps young people grow and thrive.\u201d <\/p>\n
Evelyn also thinks of Yvonne as perfect, and she created an acrostic poem to prove it:
\nYvonne is perfect.
\nShe has lots of Patience.
\nEvelyn is always Excited to spend time with Yvonne.
\nShe has so much Respect for Evelyn.
\nThey have lots of Fun together.
\nShe is great Entertainment.
\nShe is very Creative, like Evelyn.
\nAnd Yvonne is remarkably Thoughtful.<\/p>\n
Yvonne grew up in Murphys and married her high school sweetheart. After parenting her own four children, she was excited to give back to her community. \u201cI had an itch to volunteer,\u201d said Yvonne. \u201cI was driving down Main Street in Angels Camp and saw the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program banner hanging across the highway. I thought, \u2018that is the perfect volunteer work for me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Evelyn\u2019s grandmother, Amber Cumming, is very glad that Yvonne decided to volunteer to be a mentor. \u201cYvonne and the Mentoring Program have been a powerfully positive influence in Evelyn\u2019s life,\u201d said Amber. \u201cIt has been such a great thing for Evelyn to have an adult friend who belongs just to her. I believe that Yvonne is Evelyn\u2019s best friend.\u201d <\/p>\n
Evelyn and Yvonne keep themselves busy with lots of fun activities. \u201cI always look forward to spending time with Evelyn because it is pure fun,\u201d said Yvonne. \u201cI get to hang out with an incredible young person. We get to see movies, bake together, play at the park, and attend mentoring program field trips.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI have gained a lifelong friendship,\u201d said Yvonne. \u201cEvelyn is a loving, imaginative, artistic and outgoing young person who gives the best hugs. I am so impressed with how much she has grown and matured in
\nthe time we have known each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yvonne believes that she gets just as much out of their friendship as does her young friend. \u201cAs Evelyn\u2019s mentor, I am more than just a friend,\u201d said Yvonne. \u201cI get to support her like a friend, love her like a mom, and enjoy living in the moment with her like a grandparent. When we go out together, I get to experience life through the perspective of a nine-year-old.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to mentoring, Yvonne appreciates the perks of living in Calaveras County. She enjoys listening to live music, being outdoors, and spending time with family and friends. \u201cI am always meeting people who would be great mentors,\u201d said Yvonne. \u201cBeing a mentor is beyond rewarding. I encourage everyone to learn about the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program and consider volunteering.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is an honor to be a volunteer for the Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program,\u201d said Yvonne. \u201cThis program is truly amazing. Just walking into the Mentoring Program office, you can see and feel the gentle and kind love that pours out of these incredible women who make this magic happen in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program has 17 kids currently waiting to be matched with mentors, 15 of whom are boys. There are many ways to support the Mentoring Program. For more information, call Colleen Nunn at (209) 736-6078 or visit the program online at www.calaverasmentoring.org. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Murphys, CA…The Calaveras Youth Mentoring Program is delighted to honor long-time Angels Camp resident, Yvonne Warner as its October 2016 Mentor of the Month. Yvonne has been matched with her nine-year-old mentee, Evelyn, for over a year and a half. \u201cYvonne is the perfect mentor for Evelyn,\u201d said Colleen Nunn, coordinator of mentoring programs for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":25274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,20,18,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angels-camp","category-featured","category-murphys","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Yvonne-Warner-L-Evelyn-Ellis-R.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}