Mentors for Building Futures Programs
Season
ongoing
Description
1-to-1 Mentoring serving youth 6-18 years old, participating in Community based activities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Building Futures helps youth develop tools to cope with issues such as low self-esteem, family and peer conflicts, academic underachievement and decision-making skills through a positive adult-child relationship.
Highly trained mentors meet with mentees once each week to discuss issues occurring in the youth's life while engaging in enriching activities in the community. A key feature of the program is the inclusion of parents in the mentoring process, from matching their child to an appropriate mentor, to setting goals for the mentoring relationship. Youth are referred from schools, counselors, parents and other YMCA programs.
Location
- San Francisco YMCA’s
- Activities in the community
Skills and Requirements
- Desire to work with at-risk youth
- No prior felony convictions
- Must be at least 23 years old
Time Commitment
- Paraprofessional training
- 1-3 hours each week with child (flexible – scheduled by mentor and child)
- 1 year commitment
- (optional) Once/month mentor support group meeting with program coordinator
Location(s)
- Urban Services
Contact Information
Application Instructions
Contact Nick Wightman at mentoring@ymcasf.net or 415-561-03631 x102
for program info, training dates and mentor/mentee applications.