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58 people are interested
Saturday Resource Center
ORGANIZATION: Children of Promise, NYC
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58 people are interested
Children of Promise, NYC (CPNYC) volunteers contribute time, talent or treasures towards the advancement of CPNYC and develop personal connections.
The support exhibited by CPNYC volunteers is vital to the organization’s growth and health. The S.R.C. will be exclusively dedicated to expanding academic support and tutoring to our participants. These tutoring sessions will provide an additional pillar of support to each student and encourage educational engagement that supplements school-day learning. The S.R.C. will solely be supported by volunteers who will provide tutoring support in areas such as homework help, school assignments and projects as well as practice exercises in preparation for standard exams.
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About Children of Promise, NYC
Location:
54 MacDonough Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216, US
Mission Statement
Children of Promise, NYC is a community-centered organization that partners with children and families impacted by mass incarceration to dismantle the stigma and heal from the trauma plaguing Black and Brown communities.
Description
CPNYC’s mentoring program, Project DREAM (Developing Responsible, Excellent, and Awesome Minds), matches participants ages 8-18 with one-to-one mentors for a minimum of one year. Mentors are screened and trained, as part of the agency’s larger mission to break the cycle of intergenerational incarceration. Project DREAM offers mentoring matches the opportunity to participate in trips and activities which build the mentoring relationship. Each mentor receives extensive training and support, on an on-going basis and each child in the program receives mental health counseling, academic support and interventions, and opportunities to participate, with their mentor, in recreational and educational activities and outings.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
54 MacDonough StreetBrooklyn, NY 11216
DATE POSTED
May 15, 2017
SKILLS
- Tutoring
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Two Saturdays per month