Mentee Fair Day!

Friday February 19th, Whitman hosted its annual Mentees to Campus Day carnival for Whitman student mentors and their mentees!

Here is a little background on the event from Whitman's website:

There are elementary and middle school children in Walla Walla, Wash., who are noticeably better, now — have better attitudes in school, better attendance and are happier. And school officials say they can point to the reason.
Or rather the reasons: Whitman College students.
Every year, about 150 kids who school officials determine could benefit from one-on-one time with a mentor get weekly visits at their schools from Whitman student mentors.
One day a year, the kids do the traveling. They come to Whitman for the much-anticipated annual Mentees to Campus Day carnival — which happened today — a chance to have fun and bond more with their mentors.

Read the full story at http://www.whitman.edu/content/news/mentors

BSU members saw this as a great philanthropic activity and a chance to get our name known throughout the Walla Walla community; many of our members jumped at the chance to volunteer.

 

Laetitiah and I alongside the Photo Booth station

 
 

Laetitiah, Yonas and I worked at the prize booth and continuously received an influx of kids, vying for the cool prizes ranging from rings to bubbles to water guns!

  

Yonas and I excitedly bargain with the mentees!

They kept us very busy!

 

 

It's Yonas and I against the crowd

But it wasn't all work for us. Allan certainly found some time to have a blast and interact with the mentees.

 

Allan gets ready to shoot some hoops

The excited crowd calmed down to enjoy some performances by Whitman's a cappella singing group, Schwa and a performance by Whitman's Dance Team!

The kids are way impressed by the team's mad skills!

 

Undoubtedly, it was a day to remember, not only for BSU but all the mentors and mentees. We can't wait to do it again next year!