Penticton Vees Life Skills Mentorship Program:

• what is a mentor? ... "a trusted guide, a provider of wise counsel and advice, a confidant"
• roles of the mentor include:
• facilitator - listener
• assessor - regular, meaningful feedback
• forecaster - preparing for the future
• advisor - giving advice
• connector - linking with key people

Benefits of the Life Skills Mentorship Program:

• improve self confidence and self esteem
• receive direction, broaden horizons and learn from past mistakes
• increase knowledge and skills, develop ethics and standards
• provide career and interest advancement and networking opportunities
• enhance creativity and improve problem solving techniques
• orientate new players
• develop new career paths
• develop future leaders
• increase a player's control over career progress

Coach's Message in regards to the Life Skills Membership Program:

Our goal is not just to make better hockey players, but to make our players better people. We do this by teaching them the life skills they need to succeed. --- Fred Harbinson

Penticton Vees Chaplaincy Program:

• the Vees' Team Chaplain is Joey Cyr
• the Chaplaincy Program consists of mentoring, conseling and giving guidance to our players in many off-ice situations
• building a great hockey club means building great people and building great people begins from the inside out, which is a core value of the Chaplaincy Program
• helping young athletes make good choice and succeed in life is one of the benchmark of this program
• this has proven to be valuable to many players over the years
• it also includes holding voluntary weekly chapels, as well as presence for many team events and functions
• spiritual counseling is available to all