Female Mentor needed for an 11 year old girl

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Works with: One girl, 11 years old

We are looking for a female mentor for an 11 year old girl living in South Gate whose grandfather passed from lung and brain cancer. She likes to tell jokes, would like to learn to make pasta and learn how to play soccer, would like to go to Knott's Berry Farm to get on all the rides and eat funnel cakes, loves the color blue! Can you become her friend?

Description of Role:

Cancer changes everything for the family and children enrolled in our program would like support from a mentor during hard times. Walk With Sally is dedicated to providing hope through our individualized mentoring and community building services to empower children experiencing trauma through a parent, guardians, relative, sibling's cancer journey. No one should face a loved one's cancer alone.

Responsibilities:

• Commit to the program and assigned mentee for a minimum of 1 year
• Curate positive, creative, and/or outdoors activities to engage your mentee for at least 6-8 hours each month (We also suggest free of cost activities for you to fulfill this requirement)
• Participate quarterly in a mentor roundtables to connect with other mentors and build community
• Maintain regular contact with assigned Case Manager for further support, guidance, and/or access to resources
• Have fun, be you, and take of yourself too

• 22 years of age or older
• Have lived with or lost a parent / sibling/ friend/ loved one to cancer or are a cancer survivor (must be in remission for 5 years)
• Successfully pass background check

The location listed above is not exactly where you will be volunteering. We have children on our waitlist all over the Greater Los Angeles area and create listing for volunteers near where we have children in need of a mentor.

Please feel free to check out our website at www.walkwithsally.org or leave a comment for us to better answer any additional questions you may have.