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 CORE Mentoring for Women | Support for Life Transitions 

Our CORE program is a 6 month mentoring program that assists women who desire personal and professional guidance to help them move forward. It is a unique model that provides a supportive environment for goal planning, skill building, and personal development. Our goal is to cultivate new relationships that foster increased confidence, self-sufficiency, and connection to our community.

What to Expect

CORE is a unique mentoring model that blends one-on-one mentoring, group workshops, networking, and skill development opportunities. This program is for women ages 18-35 who live, work, or go to school in Frederick County. We match young women with a more experienced mentor, and the pair works together one-on-one.

As part of a cohort, the mentoring pair attends a series of workshops on values, strengths, goals, boundaries, and more.  We start 2 CORE cohorts each year (usually September and February) and there is no cost to participants.  We also help mentees gain access to people, places, or information they’re looking for by introducing them to our extensive W2WM network and our committed community partners.

Interested in participating as a mentor or a mentee? Fill out an application to get started.

CORE Mentee Application CORE Mentor Application

A.S., Mentee

This is the most empowering experience I have ever had. I was feeling lost in my career and as a person. This program helped me gain clarity, confidence and patience. This program showed me that it is okay to not always know where I am going. But with goal setting and guidance, I could really achieve ANYTHING. Thank you, all!

A.S., Mentee

5 Elements To Our CORE Program

  • 1. Getting to know you

    We get to know each mentee and volunteer mentor through our application and interview process.  Our program staff helps mentees identify their top priorities in a mentor match, and helps mentors identify what they bring to the table to support mentees.  Mentees and mentors meet at our first workshop and then work together for one hour a week in their one-on-ones.  The one-on-one match is based on what the mentee wants to focus on personally and professionally.

  • 2. Building a community

    Mentoring pairs attend 10 workshops together.  Workshops are a time to learn about the group, with the group, and from the group.  The focus is on learning about ourselves, connecting, and building community. There are usually 18-22 mentoring pairs in a cohort and you'll get to have meaningful conversations with the whole group.  We'll give you the whole workshop schedule after your interview so you can save the dates and really get the most out of your W2WM experience.

  • 3. Teamwork makes the dream work

    Each mentee has weekly time with her mentor, attends the workshops with the whole cohort of mentees and mentors, and has access to our incredible network of mentees and mentors.  We encourage every participant to meet as many other women as possible.  You'll never have too many awesome women on your team! We have an incredibly encouraging community, and they love to support each other.

  • 4. Communication is KEY

    This program is designed to support the mentee. We strive to make it the BEST experience for YOU by asking lots of questions and really listening. There are lots of ways to use your time with a mentor.  We love to help mentees figure out how to really make it work for them!   

  • 5. You're a part of the FAMILY!

    Most of our mentoring pairs stay in touch beyond their program time.  We also offer lots of opportunities to continue connecting and learning through our alumnae events.  These could be as casual as a drop-in walk and talk, or more structured like a panel of women leaders or some speed connecting.  W2WM support doesn't end when your program time ends.  We love to help you continue to make personal and professional connections to keep moving forward!  We're always rooting for you!

Thank you to our program funders for their support!

Delaplaine Foundation

Ausherman Family Foundation

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