Friday Night Live Mentoring (FNLM) provides opportunities for young people to be in ongoing, mutually beneficial, caring relationships, which strengthen a young person’s resiliency to challenges in life. The FNL model engages teams of older high school-aged youth to mentor teams of middle school-aged youth in a structured ongoing one-on-one relationship. Counties that participate in FNLM adhere to certain quality assurance standards while maintaining local creativity, energy and self-determination.

FNL Mentoring Programs:

• Introduce young people to the concept of volunteerism.
• Encourage young people to develop programs that are fun and meaningful.
• Promote messages through shared experiences.
• Encourage peer-oriented programming (youth driven and youth led).
• Develops skills, such as communication, teamwork, and active listening.
• Encourage and empower young people as active leaders and community resources.
• Have broad appeal to diverse ethnic, racial and social groups.
• Encourage youth to engage in mutually beneficial relationships with peers and younger youth.