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Empower Youth Entrepreneurs. Be a BUILD Mentor!
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Looking for amazing Bay Area volunteer opportunities? BUILD is an innovative, college preparatory program, whose mission is to use entrepreneurship to excite and propel disengaged, low-income high school students to college and career success.
VOLUNTEER AS A BUILD MENTOR! BUILD ignites the potential of youth from under-resourced communities through experiential learning. Support high school students in launching their very own businesses while connecting with passionate, like-minded Bay Area professionals. Mentoring is a great way to share your professional background with students while inspiring them to stay on the path to college success. Mentors are assigned to student teams and coach students through starting and launching their own businesses.
Here are some details on what a mentoring commitment looks like:
- Location: Oakland and/or Redwood City
- Time commitment: 2 hours (5:30-7:30pm), once a week (M-Th)
- Session runs: Now - May 2017 (with winter and spring breaks)
- 2 mentors assigned per team (1:4 mentor to student ratio)
- Sites are BART and car accessible
Get started! Fill out our online application here: www.build.org/volunteer
Got questions? Email us at bayareavolunteers@build.org
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About BUILD
Location:
P.O. Box 3316, Redwood City, CA 94064, US
Mission Statement
Ignite the power of youth in under-resourced communities to build Career success, Entrepreneurial mindsets, and Opportunity. We help students become the CEO of their own lives!
Description
BUILD is supporting six LAUSD schools with the delivery of our business and entrepreneurship curriculum. Throughout the school year students will learn design thinking, form business teams, and develop an advanced prototype of a product to sell! BUILD recruiting volunteer business team mentors to support students as they form their business teams. Business team mentors are professional mentors who support and motivate a youth business team, provide recommendations for a company's vision, growth, and goals for the year, and build strong relationships with students. The volunteer commitment entails attending attend 10 class sessions throughout the second semester of the school year, 2 in person, 8 virtually.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
2385 Bay RoadRedwood City, CA 94063
DATE POSTED
May 30, 2017
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Business Development
- Teaching / Instruction
- Relationship Building
- Life Coaching
- Group Facilitation
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- 2 hours, one evening a week for one academic year