Bahia Shriners

Mentor Program

"Make new members successful Shriners"

It is the vision and the mission of the membership committee to make every new Shriner that becomes a member at Bahia Shrine a successful asset to our fraternity. When a man takes the time and makes the commitment to become a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, he does it for a reason. He is looking for something, it might be a specific unit, or the parades, or the dances, or maybe he is just looking for the commodore and friendship of some other people. 

What ever it is, it becomes our responsibility to find out what he wants, and find a way to get him involved. Then we must help him achieve it. For this reason we are implementing a "Mentor Program" or a big brother for all new Nobles.

Each new Noble will be assigned a Mentor, and he will become an instant contact, and a friend that the new Noble has at the Shrine. This will help the new Noble learn about meetings, what to wear, when the Ladies may come, and any other questions they might have. The Mentor will be responsible to keep the new Noble constantly informed of activities coming up at the Shrine.

If we want to see our fraternity grow in membership, we must lake care of each of our new members as though they were going to be in training to be a future leader of our Shrine. If we make them a success, and help them build a career in the Shrine, they will bring more people with them. This will increase our membership and develop men we can all be proud of as Shriners.

Duties of the Mentor...

1.    Inform and meet new Noble at stated meetings.

2.    Introduce him to other Nobles.

3.    Introduce his Lady to other Ladies.

4.    Take him around to units/clubs of interest to him.

5.    Be sure he knows of all upcoming functions.

6.    Use the telephone to keep in contact.

7.    Attend some parades or functions together, include the Ladies whenever possible.  

8.    Always be available for any Questions.

9.    Keep the new Noble involved.

10.  Have a good time.