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16 people are interested
Become A Youth Mentor!
ORGANIZATION: Lawndale Christian Legal Center
Please visit the new page to apply.
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16 people are interested
LCLC’s One-on-One Volunteer Mentoring Program
Our Volunteer Mentors provide extra support by coming alongside youth (ages 13-24) to act as both role model and friend. Our youth are 98% African-American and 90% male, so men of color are particularly encouraged to participate. Mentoring relationships are a critical social support service that can assist in everything from offering a healthy perspective to positive goal creation and completion.
Meeting at least once every two weeks, mentors and mentees may go on a bike ride, watch a movie, or sit and talk over lunch. LCLC offers once-a-month events to help facilitate the mentor/mentee relationship including movie nights, attending a step show, or roller skating. Orientations and quarterly training seminars are also offered.
Our mentors are pastors, neighbors, business leaders, community activists, retirees, and graduate students. Coming from within and outside the community, our volunteers share a common bond in that they seek to invest into young people’s lives and in doing so, strengthen our community.
Contact the Volunteer Coordinator to receive the next Mentor Orientation/Informational date.
More opportunities with Lawndale Christian Legal Center
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Lawndale Christian Legal Center
Location:
1530 S Hamlin Avenue, Chicago, IL 60623, US
Mission Statement
The Lawndale Christian Legal Center's mission is to show and share the love of Jesus by providing legal services grounded in restorative justice for youth in the Lawndale area.
Description
Our vision is to raise up justly-treated youth who are restored from trauma, empowered to lead, embraced by their families and community, and free from the criminal justice system.
We do this by providing legal representation and social service care to court-involved youth, ages 24 and younger, who reside in Chicago, IL’s community of North Lawndale.
Services include legal representation, case management, one-on-one mentoring, jobs training and placement, mental health services, an after school program, and a diversion program.
As a non-profit organization, our volunteers are an integral part of fulfilling our vision. From grabbing a bite to eat with a youth under the one-on-one mentoring program to building relationships in a group setting with the After School Program, volunteers are indispensable.
For more information on how you can get involved, call 773-762-6381 or visit www.lclc.net.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1530 S Hamlin AvenueChicago, IL 60623
DATE POSTED
November 2, 2017
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 25
- Orientation or Training
- Varies