Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay
190 Camino Oruga, Suite 4
Napa, CA 94558
Telephone: 707-258-6346
Fax: 707-258-6348
Website: www.bbbsnorthbay.org
Contact:
Lauren Grayman
E-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 |
