Mentor needed for a 15 year old boy impacted by cancer

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Works with: One boy, 15 years old, who lost his cousin, grandfather and great aunt and uncle because of cancer, he needs a mentor, someone who can take him out to have fun, join our activities and share new experiences. He enjoys going to the park, Math, would like to learn baseball. He needs someone in his life for additional support, can you help him?

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
• Engage mentee in positive, creative, and/or community building activities for at least 6 hours per 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

Qualifications Needed:

• 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

Training:

• We provide a one time- 2 hour virtual mentor training and provide ongoing support as needed. Ask us for our next training date!
• Mandated Reporter Training - 2 hours, virtual.

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.