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 # CNCF Mentoring Initiatives
 
-The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) participates in a variety of mentoring programs. CNCF is a great place to spend a summer learning, coding, participating, and contributing. We are an exciting open source foundation with a vibrant community of projects, and we look forward to your application and your project ideas!
+The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) participates in a variety of mentoring programs. CNCF is a great place to spend a season learning, coding, documenting, participating, and contributing. We look forward to your application and your project ideas!
+
+This repository contains resources and information for the CNCF Mentoring Program. The program is designed to match experienced mentors with mentees who are interested in learning about cloud native technologies and contributing to open source projects in the ecosystem.
+
+## Resources
+In this repository, you will find a number of resources to help you get started and make the most of your mentoring experience. 
+
+These include:
+
+The [mentors](/mentors#readme) and [mentees](mentees#readme) folders which provides guidance on how to be an effective mentor or mentee.
+The [programs](/programs#readme) folder provides a list of programs for mentees to work on with their mentors.
+This initiative is guided by the [Mentoring Wroking Group](/mentoring-wg#readme). More information about meetings, communication and aticities can be found in the  [mentoring-wg](/mentoring-wg#readme) section of this repositery
+
+## Participation
+Participation in the CNCF Mentoring Program is open to anyone who is interested in learning about cloud native technologies and contributing to open source projects in the ecosystem.
+
+Contact
+If you have any questions or need help getting started, please reach out though our various [communication channels](/mentoring-wg/communications.md).
 
 ## Mentoring Programs
 
 | Program                                                                           | Purpose                                                                                                                                   | Details and historical data                |
 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
-| [LFX Mentorship (ex-CommunityBridge)](https://mentorship.lfx.linuxfoundation.org) | Mentoring initiative by the Linux Foundation                                                                                              | [lfx-mentorship](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/blob/main/programs/lfx-mentorship/README.md) |
-| [Google Summer of Code](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)                     | Mentoring program for the students                                                                                                        | [summerofcode](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/blob/main/programs/summerofcode#readme)     |
-| [Google Season of Docs](https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs)             | Mentoring initiative for the technical writers                                                                                            | [seasonofdocs](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/blob/main/programs/seasonofdocs#readme)     |
-| [Outreachy](https://www.outreachy.org)                                            | Mentoring initiative for the communities traditionally underrepresented in tech                                                           | [outreachy](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/blob/main/programs/outreachy#readme)           |
-| [CROSS](https://cross.ucsc.edu/programs/osre2021.html)                            | The CROSS Research Experiences program provides support for undergraduate and graduate students contributing to CROSS incubator projects. | [CROSS](https://github.com/cncf/mentoring/blob/main/programs/archive/cross#readme)                   |
+| [LFX Mentorship (ex-CommunityBridge)](https://mentorship.lfx.linuxfoundation.org) | Mentoring initiative by the Linux Foundation                                                                                              | [lfx-mentorship](/programs/lfx-mentorship#readme) |
+| [Google Summer of Code](https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/)                     | Mentoring program for the students                                                                                                        | [summerofcode](/programs/summerofcode#readme)     |
+| [Google Season of Docs](https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs)             | Mentoring initiative for the technical writers                                                                                            | [seasonofdocs](/programs/seasonofdocs#readme)     |
+| [Outreachy](https://www.outreachy.org)                                            | Mentoring initiative for the communities traditionally underrepresented in tech                                                           | [outreachy](/programs/outreachy#readme)           |
 
 
 
 ## Code of Conduct
 
-CNCF Mentoring programs follow the [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).
+Please note that CNCF Mentoring programs follow the [CNCF Code of Conduct](https://github.com/cncf/foundation/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md). By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.
+
+## Thank you for participating in the CNCF Mentoring Program!
+