Become a Mentor: Trellis

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As a city-centric backbone organization, Trellis recruits, trains, and mobilize church and community volunteers to mentor in 3 ways:
1) Provide academic and literacy mentors to work one-on-one in classrooms
2) Support students with self-esteem and healthy emotional development with life coaching
3) Assist at-risk and/or career-bound youth with job training and mentorship

Mentors need to be committed to a one-year minimum time connecting with their mentee. Mentors will go through training before mentorship begins. A typical mentor will have a demonstrated ability to connect compassionately and age-appropriately with their mentee so both parties feel safe and respected. Mentors can expect to meet on local school campuses during the school day, school lunch breaks, or after school.


Seeking Female Volunteers: Yes

Seeking Male Volunteers: Yes

Minimum Match Commitment (in months): 9 months

Type of Mentoring: One-to-One, Group, Team

Youth Population Served: Academically At-Risk, First-Generation College, Foster, Residential or Kinship Care, General Youth Population, Gifted/Talented/Academic Achiever, Homeless/Runaway, Low Income, Mental Health Issues, Opportunity Youth, Pregnant/Parenting, Recent Immigrant/Refugee, School Drop-Out, Single-Parent Household

Mentoring Program Goals: Career Exploration, Education/Academic Support, Friendship/Socialization, Healthy Behaviors, Job Placement/Performance

Ages of Youth Served: 7 and under, 8-10, 11-14, 15-18