- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
Want to help youth? Become a mentor today!
ORGANIZATION: Children's Home Society of Florida
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
The Children’s Home Society of Florida is looking for positive adult role models to guide and help shape the future of vulnerable teens in Lee, Charlotte, Collier, Hendry, and Glades counties. There are hundreds of youths and young adults ranging from 13-23 in these areas in need of healthy adult relationships. Do you have what it takes to empower youths’ in your area?
Can you?
- Take the lead in supporting a young person through an ongoing, one-on-one relationship
- Serve as a positive role model and friend
- Build the relationship by planning and participating in activities together
- Strive for mutual respect
- Build self-esteem and motivation
- Help set goals and work toward accomplishing them
Are you?
- A willing and reflective listener
- Encouraging and supportive
- Patient and flexible
- Tolerant and respectful of individual and cultural differences
What you get out of it?
- Personal fulfillment through contribution to the community and individual
- Satisfaction in helping someone mature, progress, and achieve goals
- Training sessions and group activities
- Personal ongoing support and supervision to help the mentee succeed
- Mentee/mentor group activities, complimentary tickets to community events, participant recognition events, etc.
Alright, so what do you do?
- Submit an application (http://www.chsfl.org/EmpowerTheYouthVolunteers)
- Attend a 2-4 hour training
- Complete a background screening
- Get matched with youth and let the fun begin
Ready to help?
Contact: Gary Greene, Volunteer Coordinator at Children’s Home Society of Florida Gary.Greene@chsfl.org or 239-218-8024.
If you are interested in volunteering but not sure about mentoring contact me. We can always use your help and can find some way for you to give your time to our youth.
Children’s Home Society of Florida recognizes that some of our clients may have particular communications needs. We will make available auxiliary aids, sign language interpreters and foreign language interpreters at no charge in order to meet these needs. To request such assistance, please contact Children’s Home Society of Florida at 239-218-8024 at least 48 hours prior to the date the assistance is needed.
More opportunities with Children's Home Society of Florida
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Children's Home Society of Florida
Location:
1940 Maravilla Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33901, US
Mission Statement
"Embracing Children. Inspiring Lives."
Description
Our History
Thousands of children, dirty, malnourished and alone, boarded the Orphan Trains near the turn of the 20th century, desperately hoping to find families. During a time when public welfare was nonexistent and few laws protected children, a national movement was beginning, triggered by the constant stream of orphans traveling the tracks.
In an effort to find families for homeless, neglected children, Children's Home Society of Florida (CHS) was established in Jacksonville on November 17, 1902, under the guidance of Rev. D.W. Comstock. By 1947, the organization had grown to a staff of 54, caring for more than 53,000 children throughout its first 45 years.
Leading the way
Earning its national reputation, CHS became instrumental in creating legislation to protect children's rights in Florida and throughout the country. After playing an integral role in enacting Child Labor Laws, CHS drafted the Compulsory Education Law and rallied for the creation of the State Welfare Board and the agency that would become the Department of Children and Families. Most recently, CHS assumed a lead role supporting the launch of Community Based Care as Florida underwent a dramatic shift with the privatization of child welfare.
And as one of the founding members of the Child Welfare League of America, CHS continues to fight for additional legislation protecting the rights of children and families. CHS has attained continuous accreditation by the Council on Accreditation since 1982.
Our array of services includes family and individual counseling, child abuse prevention and intervention services, home-based services, help for pregnant teens and first-time mothers, residential and group homes, adoption and foster care services, mentoring programs, family preservation, and so much more. Its initial single-room office has expanded into 15 divisions throughout the state, headquartered in Winter Park, with nearly 2,000 employees. Last year CHS provided services to more than 200,000 children and families in the state of Florida.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1940 Maravilla AvenueFort Myers, FL 33901
DATE POSTED
August 26, 2014
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Four Hours a Month