Mentors

Each year the success of the Dream Team depends on volunteers who are committed to helping the youth learn and work towards a goal. The mentors will give up to 450 hours of their time to insure a successful program.

Mentors come from a number of professions including education, legal, financial, insurance, public institutions, medical, and various other professions. They offer the youth examples of various life experiences. They also represent adults who are interested in seeing the participants succeed and are willing to give of themselves to insure that success.

   

Planning

During outdoor training the mentors will spend a minimum of fifteen hours a week working with participants. The weekend of the longest overnight campouts they will spend over three full days with the youth.

Mentors are strongly committed to helping the riders by offering guidance, help, and life's lessons. Mentors volunteer all of their time and effort. By the end of the season they will be repaid by knowing that they helped the participants have a great experience, the result of learning to work to achieve a grand goal.

          

Junior Mentors

Since 2002, the Dream Team has established a position of Junior Mentor. A Junior Mentor is a past participant who wants to also learn the benefits of helping young rider achieve their goal of finishing RAGBRAI. The Junior Mentors will experience the same feeling of accomplishment that mentors have.

The Dream Team selects experienced participants for the Junior Mentors. Their responsibilities include teaching riders safety, helping mark routes, and assisting mentors in various activities.

For additional information on becoming a mentor,
contact RAGBRAI Director T.J. Juskiewicz at 515-284-8289
or email: tj@ragbrai.org.