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15 people are interested
Mentor a child in need! (Fort Collins Area)
ORGANIZATION: Partners
Please visit the new page to apply.
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15 people are interested
By dedicating a year of mentoring, you can change the course of a child’s life who is facing significant challenges in their personal, social, and academic lives. We depend on the support of compassionate, caring adults to continue providing meaningful and effective mentoring services to youth facing challenges. The number of youth in need of extra support is growing, and we consistently have youth waiting for mentors.
Mentoring is a well-documented and effective strategy in positive youth development and our program implementation is dictated by best practices, according to national research. Our specific objectives of these long-term, mentoring relationships is to:
- Promote positive youth development
- Increase self-esteem and self-confidence
- Prevent juvenile delinquency and drug use
- Provide support for abuse/neglect victims
- Enhance academic achievement
More opportunities with Partners
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Partners
Location:
530 S. College Ave., Unit 1, Fort Collins, CO 80524, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to empower youth and community members to achieve their full potential through mentoring, prevention education, and strategic partnership.
Description
We are the most comprehensive one-to-one youth mentoring program in Northern Colorado, exceptional at matching and supporting mentoring relationships with positive volunteer mentors and youth who need extra support.
Mentoring is a well-documented prevention strategy for positive youth development. Consistent with national research behind mentoring, we know that our mentoring programs work. Our evaluation results show that after just one year in our mentoring program, our youth have:
- Greater sense of hope
- Increased self-esteem
- Increased academic achievement
- Less delinquent behavior and substance use
Our youth, boys and girls ages 7-17, are referred by professionals in the community (school counselors, therapists, etc.) because they are experiencing circumstances that put them at risk of not reaching their full potential in life (poverty, abuse, mental health issues, family instability, etc.) They are great kids with a great potential to succeed, but need a little extra support.
We always need more mentors for our youth--we typically have 60-100 kids on our waitlist, eager to get matched with a mentor. Please consider BEING the difference in the life of a local youth.
CAUSE AREAS
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WHERE
530 S. College AveFort Collins, CO 80524
DATE POSTED
December 16, 2016
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- An average of three hours a week for a year