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17 people are interested
Activity Volunteer with youth program! (Fort Collins Area)
ORGANIZATION: Partners
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17 people are interested
Here at Partners Mentoring Youth, we consistently have over 100 youth who are waiting for a mentor. As we search for a potential mentor for these children, we want to offer an outlet for the kids outside of school and their home.
Partners provides fun and educational activities every month for our waiting youth. Examples of these activities include:
- Cooking Classes
- Laser Tag
- Colorado Rockies Game
- Arts and Crafts Projects
- Astronomy Night
- Community Volunteering
We shape these activities to help youth gain experience with community service, build life skills, and enjoy recreational opportunities. Research shows that these safe, drug- and alcohol-free activities are successful in countering factors that put youth at risk, as well as assisting in positive growth and development.
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
530 S. College AveFort Collins, CO 80524
DATE POSTED
February 17, 2017
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Two hours a month; at least 6 six times a year