{"id":87225,"date":"2026-01-15T06:14:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/87225\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T06:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:14:07","slug":"greater-scranton-ymca-celebrates-national-mentoring-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/87225\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Scranton YMCA celebrates National Mentoring Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January is National Mentoring Month, and the Greater Scranton YMCA recognizes the impact mentors have on young people in the community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the YMCA, mentorship is at the heart of what we do,\u201d Rich Surridge, president and CEO of the Greater Scranton YMCA, said in a news release. \u201cWhether it\u2019s through afterschool programs, youth sports, or leadership development opportunities, mentors help kids build confidence, achieve their goals, and feel like they belong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Greater Scranton YMCA offer youth sports, enrichment, educational and mental health and well-being programs that provide mentorship opportunities for children. Community members can get involved during National Mentoring Month by:<\/p>\n<p>Volunteering as a mentor with the Y.<br \/>\nEnrolling youth in programs that provide positive mentorship.<br \/>\nSupporting YMCA programs that strengthen youth development.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about volunteer mentoring opportunities at the Greater Scranton YMCA, contact Meghan Carnevale, mission advancement and marketing director, at mcarnevale@gsymca.org.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Greater Scranton YMCA, visit its website at <a href=\"http:\/\/greaterscrantonymca.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">greaterscrantonymca.org<\/a>. The facility is waiving its joining fee during the month of January. Those interested in joining can contact Kim Lazuka, membership director, at klazuka@gsymca.org or call the Y at 570-342-8115.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"January is National Mentoring Month, and the Greater Scranton YMCA recognizes the impact mentors have on young people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2136,201,3052,28,178,180,179,3053,13567],"class_list":{"0":"post-87225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-dunmore","9":"tag-lackawanna-county","10":"tag-midvalley","11":"tag-pennsylvania","12":"tag-scranton","13":"tag-scranton-headlines","14":"tag-scranton-news","15":"tag-valley-advantage","16":"tag-valley-advantage-around-town"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}