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6 people are interested
Do you speak Spanish? We need you to Mentor ESL students!
ORGANIZATION: Youth Mentoring Partnership
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6 people are interested
Are you...
- Looking for a way to "give back"?
- Wanting to really impact the life of a student?
- Interested in health & fitness?
- Able to speak Spanish and English?
YOU can Change a Life. Be a mentor! The life you change may be your own.
Friend Fitness may be just the fit for you! Visit us at: Link to Friend Fitness Mission at www.YouthMP.org
Who:
- Adult Volunteers
- Mature Students, Grade 11-12
What: One-on-One, Group & Peer Mentoring
When:
- Thursdays 5:00-7:00pm
- Sundays 10:00-12:00pm
Where:
- Upper Main Line YMCA, Berwyn, PA
- Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA
- Great Valley High School, Mavern, PA
ARE YOU READY TO CHANGE A LIFE, INCLUDING YOUR OWN?
Program Description:
Friend Fitness is a fitness-based youth mentoring program partnering students, in grades 6-12, one-on-one with positive volunteer role models. These adult and peer mentors help students set/reach fitness, academic, social and behavioral goals. Through intense weekly workouts, kids discover what it takes to achieve their goals. Students are primarily referred by school counselors, parents, Great Valley HS ESL program or other youth-serving professionals because they would benefit from the additional support of a positive, caring adult role-model.
Our partnership with Great Valley is an exciting one because we are reaching English as a second language students! Mostly students who's first language is Spanish. Being Bilingual will help students feel more comfortable, help their English, and make connections between students that would not normally talk to each other.
Friend Fitness is unique for:
-Focusing on student-led goal-setting, planning & achievement
-Intense, physical workouts in a gym setting
-Applying contingent reinforcement ("earned" recognition)
-Providing one-on-one, peer & group mentoring
-Nurturing a positive/accepting environment promoting volunteerism
Times of Operation:
Workouts occur year-round on Thursdays, 5:30-7:00pm and Sundays, 10:30am-Noon. In the summer (June-August), workouts are on Mondays and Thursdays 5:30-7:00pm. Mentors, students, and staff meet for twice-weekly structured workout sessions. Mentors and Students are expected to attend a minimum of one workout per week. Site-specific workouts occur simultaneously at UMLY, CHS, YMCA @ Great Valley.
As a Friend Fitness mentor, you will help a young person may realize for the first time that he/she . . .
- has potential
- is capable, confident and self-assured
- values education and the learning process
- can be healthy and value their physical fitness
- has someone in their lives who cares about them
More opportunities with Youth Mentoring Partnership
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About Youth Mentoring Partnership
Location:
967 E swedesford rd., Suite 401, Exton, PA 19341, US
Mission Statement
Our Mission: To help kids succeed in life through mentoring and intense physical fitness and sports. Our Programs: Help kids master goal setting skills, build grit and forge character
Description
Our Programs: Are staff supervised one-on-one and small group mentoring workouts. Our workouts are intense and designed to give students an opportunity to practice Grit. Our students also complete goal setting and SEL activities with their mentors.
Mentoring (one-on-one, peer & group)
Focused Goal Setting & Achievement- Mentors teach kids to set Physical, Academic, and Social goals. Teaching how successful people set goals & make plans to achieve.
Intense Physical Fitness Workouts - we call it the sweaty metaphor for life.
We do this in the belief that the end result is a capable and motivated young person inspired to reach their full life potential as an individual, committed family member and active contributor to their community.
For more information about mentoring or volunteering, call 484-595-9204
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
225 Phoenixville Pike***Multiple locations***Malvern, PA 19355
DATE POSTED
July 7, 2016
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- English as a Secondary Language (ESL)
- Fitness Instruction
- Spanish
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 4 hours a week
- Pass our background checks and risk management training