Become A Mentor
Thank you for your interest in becoming an Esquire Club volunteer mentor.
Our Guiding Principles
- We build communities of men who model what it takes to be a good man.
- We do not tell the boys how to be good men; we show them by example.
- We do not give lectures. We simply tell boys how, when we were teenagers, we dealt with the very same issues they face. We also share the lessons we learned and the price we paid for our mistakes.
- We create trust by telling the truth about our struggles as men. This gives the boys permission to talk about the struggles they face on their journey to manhood.
- We praise boys for their unique gifts and support them when they screw up.
- We ask boys what kind of man they want to be, and encourage and support them on their journey to become that good man.
The Esquire Club method is to provide a group forum where the boys and men go around the room and discuss their problems and challenges. The mentors contribute by sharing the mistakes and poor choices they made as teenagers, and use their experience to help boys avoid making the same mistakes.
To be a mentor at one of our school partner locations, we ask for a minimum commitment of one hour a week for one school year.
All mentors are required to attend a mentor orientation and receive ongoing feedback and training from Esquire Club staff before and after the weekly group sessions. We encourage prospective mentors to visit a group and “kick the tires” before making a commitment. In order to schedule your first group meeting, please complete the contact form below.