We are only servicing these areas currently: San Antonio, Converse, New Braunfels, and small surrounding areas.
Welcome to THRU Project!
THRU Project wants to ensure that all participants understand and are comfortable with the expectations of having a Mentor.
MENTORS ARE: Positive role models, friends, sympathizers, advisors, self-esteem builders, sounding boards, and advocates.
Key Points About Mentors:
The primary role of a Mentor is to be a dependable, consistent friend, helping empower the participant to make positive decisions. Mentors will work with the participant and THRU Project sta to ensure access to benefits and resourcesparticipant is eligible for.
Although Mentors are friends, their focus will be on their mentee’s priorities, including employment, training, education, and housing.
Mentors cannot: Purchase items for mentees, or fund emergency needs. Instead, Mentors will work with their mentee and THRU Project staff to find solutions for the mentee’s living needs.
The relationship with a Mentor is important and requires time to build trust. Regular contact via phone, email, social networking, or text messages are required to help strengthening relationships.
THRU Project asks for a one-year commitment from both the mentee and the Mentor. A trusted, consistent presence can be beneficial in one’s journey to live independently. Once independence is achieved, participants are encouraged to consider returning to THRU Project as a volunteer Mentor, using first-hand experience to support others with similar histories.
THRU Project will not tolerate disrespectful behavior, discrimination, physical inappropriateness, violence, vulgar language, or breaking boundaries, including Living with a Mentor, or asking for substantial or ongoing monetary gifts Violations may result in immediate termination from the program.
Support Available: If there are concerns or questions regarding the relationship with a Mentor, please contact Intake Coordinator, Brandi Drennon, at 210-660-7582 or brandi@thruproject.org. Please also feel free to contact THRU Project at 210-852-0220 or info@thruproject.org.
You are part of a community of support, and there are people and resources available to help you succeed!
Reasons for Dismissal
All THRU Project participants must follow our code of conduct. Failure to do so could lead to immediate dismissal from the Program:
- Consistently asking your mentor to pay for any type of need
- Being disrespectful to sta , other participants, volunteers etc.
- Any behavior that compromises safety and well-being of others, both within
- our program spaces and outside of them. Such behavior will result in immediate dismissal.
- Failure to maintain regular communication with your mentor or THRU Project staff failure to complete the Participant Information Update Survey.
THRU Project reserves the right to edit reasons for dismissal as it sees fit.
Do you still have questions?
Reach out to info@thruproject.org or call 210-852-0220.