The Champions Network 

While the mission of My Hometown Heroes is to help bridge the gap between cancer and college, the Champions Network is designed to bridge the gap between college and career.

Every year college bound cancer survivors, from across the country, apply for the My Hometown Heroes scholarship. If they are selected, scholarship allocations are between $1000 and $5000 each. However, when there isn’t enough to go around for a given semester, we have a growing network of career mentors to help facilitate professional development before college graduation.

In other words career mentors can help scholarship candidates better prepare for a job opportunities before they graduate.

HOW TO BECOME A CHAMPION MENTOR

Candidates of the My Hometown Heroes scholarship are categorized by the career they aspire to. The 6 primary career demographics include – Business (Marketing, Communications, PR), Education (Liberal Arts, Undecided), Construction (Engineering, Architecture, Trade), Health Care, Life Sciences, and Social Services/Wellness.

Minimum requirement to become a Champion Mentor…

1. Must review 2 rounds of scholarship candidates. Each round has between 14 and 15 candidates. One round is in alignment to your profession, the second round is arbitrary. Each candidate round takes up to 1 to 1.5 hours to review and score.
2. When you have submitted your review scores, you are eligible to become a Champion Mentor.
3. While reviewing scholarship candidates, take note on who’s story resonates most with you to help determine who you want to mentor.
4. Submit your top 3 choices to MHH and we will align you with a scholarship candidate that could benefit from your expertise.
5. MHH will make the connection between you and the scholarship candidate. From there, you coordinate a time to connect. You and the scholarship candidate will determine the frequency you wish to stay in contact from there.

This program has enormous potential where you can connect and make an impact with a scholarship candidate locally, or a few time zones away. We thank you for your consideration and are open to your feedback and recommendations as this program evolves.