- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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124 people are interested
Give emancipated foster kids a chance
ORGANIZATION: Compassion Planet
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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124 people are interested
Food closets: pick-up food donations, deliver, sort, distribute, clean-up; Thrift stores: pick up donations, sort donations, retail sales; Sports programs: camp leader for week long sports camps; Education: provide skills training for aged out foster kids; Communication / Marketing: contribute to web updates and social media campaigns; Farming: get your hands dirty in our local garden; Driver
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About Compassion Planet
Location:
5465 Pacific Street, Rocklin, CA 95677, US
Mission Statement
We empower aged-out foster youth and youth from at-risk backgrounds to overcome personal obstacles, achieve independence and reach their fullest potential.
Description
Our goal is to empower underserved and disconnected young adults by equipping them to achieve independence and reach their full potential. We address needs such as housing, life skills, coping skills, nutrition and employment through over 1,200 hours in our year-long intensive Mentor Program.
Our trainees are employed by Compassion Planet at Deer Creek Farm and Compassion Thrift Store where a variety of skills training, work experience and an individualized growth plan for each trainee is developed and tracked. Our social workers, trauma informed staff and trained volunteers work alongside our trainees in an occupational environment, which provides a controlled setting to discover how everyday life choices can impact future employment, goals and dreams. This hands-on approach gives CP the opportunity to address whole-life principles such as finances, decision-making, health, hygiene, communication, nutrition, manners, healthy relationships, character, ethics, and leadership in addition to providing the needed coaching in career development.
Upon graduation, our trainees enter into our Second Steps program which provides lifelong services such as forever family connections, counseling and mentoring services, alumni events and internships with local business through our Hire Me Next program. Our goal is to not only assist our grads in career planning, but help them stay connect to a healthy community so they can reach their personal dreams.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
5465 Pacific Street.Rocklin, CA 95677
DATE POSTED
September 14, 2015
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Minors are required to bring an adult to work with them.