Category Archives: Mentorship and Tutoring
Centro Legal de la Raza: Youth Law Academy
Centro Legal de la Raza, founded in 1969, provides free or low-cost, bilingual, culturally-sensitive legal aid, community education and advocacy for low-income residents of the Bay Area, including monolingual Spanish speaking immigrants
Minds Matter San Francisco
Minds Matter is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to helping motivated students from low-income families achieve academic success. Each student is matched to a pair of young professional mentors who provide individualized support and guidance to help the student navigate … 
Lauren’s House 4 Positive Change Inc.
Lauren’s House for Positive Change Inc. is a certified 501(c)(3) dedicated to improving the education and emotional well-being of low-income youth in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park, CA. Our Tax ID is 26-3809833. Through free after-school and …
Bayview Hunters Point YMCA
http://www.ymcasf.org/bayview/
Volunteering is an important part of the energy and excellence at the Bayview Hunters Point YMCA. There are many ways you can make a difference through volunteering. Check out the list for the right match for you! Ask for a …
Super Stars Literacy
http://www.superstarsliteracy.org
We give every child the foundation for lifelong learning and achievement. Super Stars Literacy classroom volunteers support students by acting as one-on-one tutors, leading small group activities, and assisting the lead teacher with his or her classroom. Many of our …
The Beat Within
The Beat Within conducts weekly conversation and writing workshops within Bay Area juvenile halls. Our volunteers, or facilitators, are the ambassadors of The Beat program withing the halls, conducting the workshops and encouraging the youth to participate and write.
Youth Empowered Action (YEA) Camp
So many issues in the modern world require attention: global warming, violence, homelessness, animal cruelty, and equality in marriage just to name a few. At Youth Empowered Action Camp young people learn to advocate for change on the issues that …
Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula
The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula’s (BGCP) vision is for all youth of the Bay Area Peninsula to graduate from high school with a plan. Over the past five years, in neighborhoods where less than half the youth …
YMCA Building Futures Mentoring Program
Building Futures provides the most comprehensive training of any mentoring program in the Bay Area, preparing mentors to work successfully with at-risk youth by developing relationship-building skills, exploring issues facing at-risk youth, and strategies to handle difficult situations. Thorough ongoing …
Child Advocates of Silicon Valley
Childhood is a precious and critically important time for building self-esteem and nurturing dreams, but some children are faced with extreme challenges. As the Nobel Laureate Poet Gabriela Mistral has written, “ Many things can wait, but a child cannot.” …
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