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5 people are interested
Become a Life Changer Today
ORGANIZATION: Higher Ground
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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5 people are interested
Higher Ground's mission is summarized as Reaching individuals, transforming families, and elevating the community one life at a time. Higher Ground currently serves 2000 at-risk students annually K - 12th grades and their families throughout Tucson. Higher Ground believes in building healthy relationships that foster Social-emotional learning with every student, that's why we need volunteers like YOU! We need dedicated, passionate people who want to transform the lives of youth in Tucson.
You can Volunteer in programs like
- Dance
- Music
- Robotics
- JiuJitsu/Judo
- Sports
- Fashion Design
- Grants, fundraising
- and more... Higher Ground is always growing so activities may change
- Provide classroom assistance in terms of creating/applying classroom management skills
- Participate in physical activities
- Coach/mentor youth in areas of social and emotional learning
- Be a positive role model for youth as well as to other volunteers.
- Build relationships with youth and community alike to instill a better learning/understanding environment for all persons involved in the community.
- Assist in daily programming as needed and as directed by Site Coordinator
- Read more at: http://www.higherground.me/
- Pass a Background Check
- Have experience working with youth (K - 12th grades) or a willingness to learn
- Be patience & flexible
- Ability to work under pressure
- Have good leadership, communication & decision making
- Work well on teams
- Willingness to learn
Apply today for one of our available volunteer opportunities and we hope to see you soon!
More opportunities with Higher Ground
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Higher Ground
Location:
101 W 44th St., Tucson, AZ 85710, US
Mission Statement
Empowering one life at a time to reach, transform and elevate the community through love and building character.
Description
Higher Ground’s Youth Development program at Wakefield provides behavioral health and social-emotional learning for at-risk youth. Monday through Friday from 2-6:30 pm, students participate in archery, art, basketball, boxing, coding, dance, digital design, drumline, jiu-jitsu, judo, music, outside sports, and robotics--all at no cost to the family. Based on research by Dr. Adele Diamond and Dr. Angela Duckworth, our student activities are used as a delivery mechanism to teach communication, creative problem solving, emotion management, mindfulness, self-control, and Grit in an environment of social inclusion and belonging.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
101 W 44th St.TucsonTucson, AZ 85713
DATE POSTED
December 27, 2019
SKILLS
- Mentoring
- Youth Services
- Mental Health
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Program Hours Monday - Friday 2:30 - 5:30 (1:30 - 5:30 Wednesdays) We would like to have consistency so we are flexible when making schedules.
- Identification, 2 references