Grand Isle County Mentoring Program

05/10/2026

Thank you to the South Hero Volunteer Fire Department for hosting a fabulous Spring Market giving us an opportunity to gather with the community and donating the proceeds of the booth rentals to our program. We appreciate the support and loved meeting so many great people yesterday. THANK YOU!!!!

05/05/2026

We are incredibly grateful to have been selected as the recipient of the booth fees from this event. This support means a great deal to our program and the youth and mentors we serve.

Come out, support local, and enjoy a great day in South Hero while helping make a difference in our community.

🚨🌷 Something BIG is happening in South Hero… 🌷🚨

Join us May 9th from 10–3 at South Hero Station for a Spring Market that’s way more than just shopping!

🛍️ 40 local vendors bringing the best finds
🚒 Hands-on Touch-a-Truck with your local first responders
🍔 Delicious eats from C & M Concessions
🥤 A mocktail truck serving up fun dirty sodas
🎉 Bounce house = happy kids, happy parents

Whether you’re coming for the food, the fun, or the finds—there’s something for everyone. Don’t miss the event everyone will be talking about! 🌼

Benefiting the Grand Isle County Mentoring Program

04/30/2026

Hope to see you tonight (4/30) 5:30 pm at Community Hall for this important conversation!

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Grand Isle Community Mentoring is proud to present this free community event.

04/20/2026

What an unforgettable night!

On April 15, the Grand Isle County Mentoring Program headed to the ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain for an amazing Community Science Night—and it did not disappoint!

Mentoring pairs from across the region came together for an evening packed with hands-on science fun, a scavenger hunt adventure, delicious dinner, and plenty of time to explore the museum.

Our group even hopped on a bus from the islands to join in, turning the trip into a special bonding experience filled with laughter, learning, and discovery.

Nights like these remind us just how powerful connection and curiosity can be.

04/01/2026

I spy one of our marvelous mentors assisting with the Worthen Library Passion Project. Looks like it was a great event!!!!

03/10/2026

Grand Isle County Mentoring is proud to present two screenings of this film, followed by a panel/group discussion with community members.

This 45-minute documentary draws on the influential work of Richard V. Reeves’ “Of Boys and Men”, illuminating these challenges through powerful data and compelling personal stories. Many of us have experienced these issues first-hand, but it can be difficult to talk about them. It’s not an either-or choice: caring more about boys and men does not mean caring less about women and girls.

Over the past fifty years, boys and young men have steadily disengaged from school, work, and broader society. They’re falling behind academically, struggling with loneliness and isolation, and facing rising rates of substance abuse and su***de.

Set in rural Vermont, the film brings national data to life with engaging animation accompanying lived experience featuring young men, educators, mentors, and trailblazing programs that are working to re-engage boys and young men in their communities and reshape their futures.

03/04/2026

We are incredibly honored to have the support of the Spring Market. Looking forward to a great event. A huge THANK YOU to the South Hero Volunteer Fire Department

We are very excited to announce our new event: 🌸🦋The Spring Market 🦋🌸
This is a vendor based sale event for small businesses to sell their goods!
~We will have C&M food truck outside as well as Vermont Mobile Spirits truck selling fun spring mocktails & dirty sodas.
~In the parking lot there will be a first responder touch a truck event & more!
~Vendor booth fees are being donated to the Grand Isle County Mentoring Program

For interested vendors; complete the application at this link: https://forms.gle/ikoAVP2Fah3Kp3uaA

We hope to see you all there! 🦋🌸

02/02/2026

Game Night was a big success—thank you to everyone who came out and helped make it such a fun and meaningful evening for the kids!

We were especially lucky to have a special guest, Diane Bahrenburg, who shared something very close to her heart: mindfulness and meditation. Together, we made glitter meditation jars and talked about how taking a “brain vacation” can help kids slow down, refocus, and find calm.

11/26/2025

Thank you to all our Mentors!!!!

11/19/2025

Local Masonic lodge, South Hero restaurant raise thousands for islands mentoring service
By MICHAEL FRETT
Islander Staff Writer
SOUTH HERO – Members of a local Masonic lodge and a South Hero restaurant recently raised thousands of dollars for a youth mentoring organization based in Grand Isle County.
Grand Isle County Mentoring, a school-based mentoring service working with youth from the Champlain Islands, announced earlier this month that the Isle of Patmos Lodge #17 had, with support from McKee’s Island Pub and Pizza, raised $8,000 for the local mentoring organization.
In a statement recently shared with The Islander, Grand Isle County Mentoring said it was grateful for the local Masonic lodge and South Hero restaurant’s “generous support of the organization’s school-based mentoring programs.”
“Their contribution helps [Grand Isle County Mentoring] continue matching mentors with students across all island schools, fostering confidence, self-esteem and positive growth in local youth,” read a statement shared by the local mentoring organization.
A school-based program, Grand Isle County Mentoring is an initiative pairing adult mentors with local youth during the school year. According to the organization, pairs matched through the program will meet weekly to play games, work on projects and spend time with one another while “practicing life [and] social skills, and simply enjoying each other’s company.”
The organization is encouraging anyone interested in mentoring to contact Grand Isle County Mentoring’s programming coordinator Bonnie Codey at either 802-307-2056 or via email at [email protected]. Readers can also learn more online at gic-mentoring.org.

Photo caption: Members of the Isle of Patmos Lodge #17 present Grand Isle County Mentoring’s Karen Browning and Bonnie Codey with a check for $8,000 raised by the local Masonic lodge, and McKee’s Island Pub and Pizza for the youth mentoring organization. Courtesy photo.