The Seedling Mentor Program is...
designed to provide children with a long-term, positive relationship that helps them navigate the challenges experienced during an extended period of family separation due to parental incarceration and help children develop or maintain positive attitudes towards education.
How your Support Directly Helps a Child in Need
Seedling usually has nearly 100 students on our waiting list. You can reduce that number. When you mentor, you directly impact a child’s life.
deserving students have received support of being matched with a caring, adult mentor who provides compassion and a stable relationship.
%
of Seedling mentees report feeling close to their mentor, and this affects many areas of their lives such as increased school performance.
is what it takes to support one child in a match for one year. We want no child to go without a quality mentor. That requires financial support for training and to reach these deserving kids.
Ignite a Future
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Seedling serves about 500 children each year, and always has children eager and waiting for a mentor.
Your donation will help Seedling provide training and support to current mentors, and will provide mentors to students who don’t have one yet.
Become a Seedling Mentor
Thanks to Seedling donors and mentors, we have reached 3,000 students across 120 schools in Central TX. With your help, we can do more to reach the 10,000 children in Central TX who are impacted by parental incarceration.
You can make a difference in a child’s life by being matched as their mentor.
Be A Match. Ignite a Future.
What Are People Saying About Seedling?
Our Vision
All children in Central Texas who have an incarcerated parent have the opportunity to thrive.
Our Mission
Seedling mitigates the impact of parental incarceration on children in Central Texas through school-based mentoring
Our Impact
The impact of Seedling is profound. Seedling students show positive educational and personal outcomes.
