10,000 Degrees
781 Lincoln, Suite 140
San Rafael, CA 94901
Telephone: 415-459-4240
Fax: 415-459-0527
Website: http://10000degrees.org
Contact: Chase Finney
E-mail: cfinney@10000degrees.org
10,000 Degrees (formerly Marin Education Fund) is a non-profit organization that believes everyone should have
a chance at college. Through the generous support of donors, 10,000 Degrees provides college access programs, scholarships,
and support to students of all ages with demonstrated financial need. Students served are frequently the first generation
of their family to go to college.
Program type: Community-based; School-based; Site-based
Mentoring focus:
Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 15 - 17
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 2 hours per month
Length of commitment: 12 months
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay
1618 Second Street
San Rafael, CA 94901
Telephone: 415-453-3800 x228
Fax: 415-453-3839
Website: www.bbbsnorthbay.org
Contact: Lauren GraymanE-mail:
lgrayman@bbbsnorthbay.org
The mentoring programs of Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) have a positive impact on the lives of children and
families we serve by offering a professionally supported relationship between a caring adult and a child. Big Brothers/Sisters
(Bigs) are friends, mentors, and positive role models to the children (Littles) with whom they are matched.
Program
Type: Community-based; site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee
ages: 6 - 15
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: weekly contact
Length of commitment: at least
12 months |
Mixed
Roots Foundation
Adoptee Mentor Program (AMP)
795 Folsom St., 1st Floor
San Francisco, CA 94107
Telephone: 800-659-6958 The Mixed Roots Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and is the first and only global
multicultural adoptee-led foundation (all board members are adopted) that cross-sects the international, domestic, and foster
care adoption experience. Our mission is to promote and support organizations that serve as a resource to the adoptee community,
create more awareness of the adoption experience, and inspire the next generation of adoptees to become leaders in the community.
For the past four years, the Adoptee Mentor Program (AMP),
Mixed Roots charter program, matches youth who are adopted with adult adoptee mentors that serve as positive role models that
promote cultural understanding and acceptance of being adopted as well as participate in educational and multicultural program
events and activities. Program
Type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Relationship, Tutoring/academic, Career development
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring (1 mentor for every 1 mentee)
Mentee ages: 7 - 17
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 2 - 4 contacts per month
Length
of commitment: 12 months |
Building Futures Mentoring Program Urban Services YMCA
1426 Fillmore
St., Suite 204
San Francisco, CA 94115
Telephone: 415-561-0631x102 E-mail: nwightman@ymcasf.org
The
Building Future mission is to help at-risk youth overcome personal, social, and family challenges through a positive adult-child
relationship. Building Futures offers 1-to-1 mentoring to at-risk youth in San Francisco/Marin/San Mateo/Alameda counties.
We help children develop tools to cope with issues such as low self-esteem, family and peer conflicts, academic underachievement,
and decision-making skills. We are unique in that we provide a 15-hour paraprofessional training to all mentors before matching,
which prepares them 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 support is provided by the coordinator
who is a Marriage and Family Therapist Intern. Program Type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; Tutoring/academic;
Sports/recreation
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 6 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 1 - 3 hours per week
Length of commitment:
12 months |
