Founded in 2016, Connections Mentor curates long-term, supportive mentoring relationships between adult volunteers and young people in New York City’s child welfare system with a goal of fostering self-worth and belonging in mentees who have had a lifetime of broken adult connections. Connections has matched 270+ relationships and has a wait list of young people seeking connection. 

The 2025 Watch Draw sponsored by Parthian Watch Company has closed. This year we raised $7,595! Stay tuned for future partnerships or check out other events hosted by Connections Mentor.

Since 2020, The Parthian Watch Company has raised over $40,000 for Connections Mentor. We need you to help us reach this year’s goal of $10,000 by purchasing tickets for the watch draw before October 27.

The Grand Prize this year is a brand new Unimatic Modello Uno U1S-8B professional diver’s watch with a high quality Swiss movement and a unique vintage inspired dial (see photo). The timepiece comes complete with warranty papers and box and it is our best prize yet.