People in Savannah, Pooler, Richmond Hill, Wilmington Island and the Lowcountry can work with a Blackburn mentor by video. A high school student, college student or young adult is matched with one dedicated mentor, meets weekly or more often in Eastern time, and has text and phone contact between sessions. Our team is in Los Angeles, so Savannah mentoring is entirely online.
More than the historic squares
Visitors know Savannah for its squares, oaks and riverfront. The economy behind that is broader. The port is one of the busiest container ports in the country, which supports a large logistics and warehousing industry west of the city. Aircraft manufacturing, a new electric vehicle plant in nearby Bryan County, health care, tourism and hospitality, and two Army installations in the area add to it. Arts and design have a big presence too.
Families live in Midtown, the islands, Pooler, Richmond Hill and across the line in Bluffton. Summers are long and humid, hurricane season runs June through November, and the mild winters are when much of the city comes outdoors.
A city in transition
New industry is bringing new families and new jobs to the area quickly. For teenagers, that can mean crowded schools and a changing set of friends. For young adults who grew up here, it means opportunities that did not exist a few years ago, along with rising rents. A mentor helps sort through what is actually possible and turn it into a plan. Our guide to a teen’s first job is useful for students starting out.
Army families on the coast
Families connected to the nearby Army installations may move every few years and deal with deployments in between. Teenagers can find themselves the oldest kid at home while a parent is away, or starting at a third high school. A mentor who meets by video can stay with a student through a move or a deployment, with sessions rescheduled in the new local time.
Students in the arts and in hospitality
Savannah draws a large creative community, and the area’s colleges and universities include public and private campuses and a technical college. Creative students often have talent and big ideas but need help with structure: deadlines, a portfolio plan, money and turning a degree into work. Young adults working in restaurants and hotels face a different challenge: irregular hours that make it hard to build anything else. A mentor helps in both cases by building a weekly plan that fits the real schedule.
Hurricane season and keeping the plan going
An evacuation or a few days without power can knock a week off course. Because sessions are online, they can continue from wherever a family lands, or pick up again quickly after the storm. Mentors build simple routines that survive disruption: a short daily checklist, one weekly priority and a check-in by text when the schedule falls apart.
Scheduling and sessions
Savannah is three hours ahead of Los Angeles, so after-school and evening sessions are easy to set. Sessions are 30 or 60 minutes, weekly or several times a week, on a weekly plan billed week to week or a monthly plan.
Where a mentor helps
A mentor is a consistent adult outside the family who helps set goals and follow through, with regular updates for parents of high school students. Mentors are not tutors, therapists or admissions counselors. College students often start with mentoring for college students, and graduates with young adult mentoring. The online mentoring page explains how video sessions work.
Related
- Online mentoring by video
- Mentoring for college students
- Mentoring for families
- Online mentoring in Charleston
Common questions
Can sessions continue during a hurricane evacuation?
Yes, as long as there is a phone or internet connection. Sessions can also be moved, and text check-ins help keep the plan going during disruption.
Do you work with art and design students?
Yes. A mentor helps creative students with structure, deadlines, money and career planning. Mentors do not teach art or give portfolio critiques.
Can a mentor stay with a military teen through a move?
Yes. The same mentor can continue by video after a relocation, with sessions scheduled in the new local time.
Get started
Wondering whether a mentor fits someone in Savannah? Call (888) 305 5422, email contact@blackburnmentoring.com or start with a short assessment. A member of our team reviews every assessment personally and sets up a free intro call.