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.
Career Mentor
Help older students sort out employment and/or educational options after graduation.
Career Role Model
Share information about your occupation and discuss your career experiences with groups of middle or high school students during a special time. This type of activity may occur during lunch time or at a scheduled career day, job fair, or classroom presentation.
YouthFriends Book Club
Share a reading experience with a small group of young people. This activity includes reading a selected book aloud, group discussions and relating personal experiences.
Academic Tutor
Choose your favorite subject - math, reading, writing, science, social studies, computers, or a foreign language - and work with a student who needs extra attention in that area. You may choose to mentor your student before, during, or after school to help give him/her advice and direction in tasks such as completing everyday assignments of developing a challenging project.
Mentor
Have fun getting to know a student through a variety of activities including sharing a hobby, working on an assignment, playing a game or sport, or just "hanging out." Time with a positive adult role model is something kids ask for over and over again. A mentor is a friend and a good listener and helps build the self-confidence students need to succeed in school.
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