Be a Mentor to a Student in Need!
ORGANIZATION: Partners
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Partners provides one-to-one mentoring services to students who are facing significant challenges in their social, academic, and/or personal lives. Senior Partners (Mentors) spend an average of one hour a week with the same youth for a minimum of one academic year. Many of our Partnerships continue beyond their first year into long-lasting friendships. Partnerships are based on common interests, personality, characteristics, strengths of the volunteer and the needs of the youth. Partnerships spend time together doing various activities that help them build a relationship with one another.
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
WHEN
WHERE
1160 Woodstock DrEstes Park, CO 80517
DATE POSTED
September 1, 2016
SKILLS
- Child Development
- Mentoring
- Youth Services
- General Education
- Tutoring
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- One hour a week for the school year