The Winneshiek County Board has signed a proclamation recognizing January as National Mentoring Month.
The month is designed to recognize the contributions of existing volunteer mentors and to help recruit new volunteers interested in becoming mentors.
Picture - Front row, left to right: Mentor Denise Duffy; Steering Committee member Shirley Zafft with Johnathon Bean; Luther College intern Courtnee DeMuth; Mentoring Coordinator Kathy Schwartzhoff; County Board Chairman John Logsdon; Helping Services representatives Dennis Osmundson and Deborah Jacobi. (Back row, left to right): County Auditor Ben Steines and County Supervisors Mark Kuhn, Dean Thompson, Floyd Ashbacher and John Beard.