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Mentor - Hope College Center
ORGANIZATION: BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE - HOPE COLLEGE CENTER
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
The Boys Hope Girls Hope Mentoring Program helps to empower youth in our community to make positive life choices that enable them to maximize their potential. The mentoring program invites adult volunteers to commit to supporting, guiding, and being a friend to a young person for a period of at least one year. By becoming part of the social network of adults and community members who care about the youth, the mentor can help youth develop and reach positive academic, career, and personal goals.
Mentor Role
- Support the mission, values and service goals of Boys Hope Girls Hope
- Take the lead in supporting a young person through an ongoing, one-on-one relationship
- Serve as a positive role model
- Build the relationship by planning and participating in activities together
- Strive for mutual respect
- Build self-esteem and motivation
- Help set and work towards accomplishing goals
Participation Requirements
- Be at least 21 years of age
- Be willing to adhere to Boys Hope Girls Hope Mentor Program policies and procedures
- Agree to a one-year commitment to the program
- Commit to meeting consistently each month with the mentee
- Be willing to communicate with the mentee on a weekly or bi-weekly basis
- Agree to attend mentor trainings as required
- Be willing to communicate regularly with the Community Resource Coordinator and submit monthly meeting and activity information
Desirable Qualities
- Willing listener
- Encouraging and supportive
- Patient and flexible
- Tolerant and respectful of individual differences
Benefits
- Personal fulfillment through contribution to community and individual
- Satisfaction in helping someone mature, progress, and achieve goals
- Training sessions and group activities
- Participation in a mentor support group
- Mileage and expenses are tax deductible
- Personal ongoing support, supervision to help the match succeed
- Mentee/mentor group activities, complimentary tickets to community events, participant recognition events
More opportunities with BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE - HOPE COLLEGE CENTER
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE - HOPE COLLEGE CENTER
Location:
12120 Bridgeton Sq. Dr., BRIDGETON, MO 63044, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Boys Hope Girls Hope is to help academically capable and motivated children-in-need to reach their full potential and become men and women for others by providing value-centered homes, opportunities, and education through college.
Description
Hope College Centers delivers services with North Star High School and Nebraska Wesleyan University. Partners were identified as having strategic goals that are synergistic with the planned outcomes of Hope College Center.
The Center provides an academically oriented program that focuses on intellectual development leading to educational success. In consideration of the full spectrum of human growth, the service model also includes attention to physical, social and emotional competencies that support achievement grade-to-grade through college, and into family-sustaining careers and productive adulthood.
The Boys Hope Girls Hope program model has proven successful. Since 1991, 100% of Boys Hope Girls Hope graduates in 15 U.S. cities have gone on to college. As of 2014, 94% of Boys Hope Girls Hope collegians nationwide remain enrolled in college each year, and 86% continue their studies to degree completion. By contrast, the national average of collegians with similar demographic backgrounds who will successfully complete college is below 45%. With a proven ability to impact student outcomes, Boys Hope Girls Hope’s "College Road" program was recognized by the Educational Policy Institute in 2012 as one of the top ten college support programs for disadvantaged youth in the United States.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
North Star High School, 5801 N 33rd StLincoln, NE 68504
DATE POSTED
August 29, 2016
SKILLS
- Organization
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
- Youth Services
- Community Outreach
- Mentoring
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 21
- Orientation or Training
- Awesomeness Required!