Center, Mo., School District Opportunities
 
YouthFriends is a school-based mentoring effort that links caring adult volunteers from the community with students in schools and is open to all students, grades K-12, within participating school districts. All activities take place on school grounds before, during or after school hours. YouthFriends volunteers typically visit a school for one hour each week to do things like have lunch with a student, help with reading or academic tutoring, share an interest or a hobby or simply listen.

Click here to view the Center District schools that participate in YouthFriends.

Reading Buddy
Read to or listen to one child read.

Mentor
Help one child develop the skills and confidence necessary to succeed in school.

Lunch Buddy
Come eat lunch with one child or a small group of children and participate in an activity of mutual interest, discuss a book, or just chat.

Classroom
YouthFriend volunteers are matched with classrooms by teacher request. Volunteers work with an individual child or a small group of children.

Special Projects
YouthFriends actively encourages the development of any new programs that link positive adult role models from the community to students in our schools.
 
More Information

For more information about becoming a YouthFriend
in the Center School District and for information

about training opportunities, contact:

 

Kelly Wachel
YouthFriends Coordinator
816-349-3730

Amanda Russell
YouthFriends Assistant Coordinator
816.349.3300

Center School District
8701 Holmes Road
Kansas City, MO 64131

 
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