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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES |
MENTORING A TEEN IN FOSTER CARE
Volunteer to mentor a foster youth. Give 10 hours per month for a minimum of one year to mentor a young person in foster care during his/her teen years. Help build the strengths needed for a teen to transition to independent living. Training and support are provided for the mentors by a team including a Masters-level counselor, caseworkers, and legal professionals.
See http://www.powerhouseprogram.org/images/mentorjobdes.pdf
Mentor Job DescriptionSee http://www.powerhouseprogram.org/pdf/Phbrochure07.pdf program brochure.
What our mentors say: “Being a mentor has become more rewarding than I imagined. I look forward to our meetings each week.”
“M is now realizing she doesn’t want to follow in her older sisters’ foot steps of being pregnant by age 19. She now talks about having a job and wanting to get married later on in life.”
“S knows she can talk to me about anything and does, and I try to be a good listener, and help her generate her own solutions.”
“She is learning to set goals and ‘stretch her wings’ a little and I am confident that she will experience many successes (like the decision to finish high school). Somehow, however, I think that my job with her is really just beginning…”
To become a volunteer mentor for a teen in foster care:
Complete The Powerhouse Mentoring Program Volunteer Application Packet. You can open it by clicking on the following link. http://www.powerhouseprogram.org/pdf/VolApplication08.pdf
Powerhouse Mentor Volunteer PDF
It is a fillable .pdf which means you can fill in the forms on your computer if you wish. When you have completed all the forms you may save it to your computer and then email it back to us as an attachment.Email it to info@powerhouseprogram.org. You may also choose to print it out and mail or fax it to the address on the top of the front page.
Sign up for the next New Mentor training held about every three months. Call 503-234-8757, x. 24 or email maria@powerhouseprogram.org to sign up or get more information.
Other ways you can help:
Provide on-the-job training in your business for a motivated foster youth.
Invite us to speak at your service club or religious organization.
Learn more about youth and the foster care system and what you and your colleagues can do to help insure that youth in foster care get the same chance to succeed as other youth in Oregon.
Serve on The Powerhouse Mentoring Program Advisory Board. Call the Program Coordinator at 503-234-8757, x. 24 for more information or see the Community Resource Job Description.
Make a donation! The Powerhouse Mentoring Program is a not-for-profit 501 (C) (3) under our agency, The Inn, Inc. Donations may be sent to:
The Powerhouse Mentoring Program
Attn: Program Coordinator
5605 E. Burnside
Portland, OR 97215Still have questions? Call or email: 503-234-8757, x. 24 or maria@powerhouseprogram.org, or beth@powerhouseprogram.org, 503-234-8757, x. 25.
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