Friends for Youth, Inc.
1741 Broadway, first floor
Redwood City, CA 94063
Telephone: 650-482-2867
Fax: 650-368-4475
Website: www.friendsforyouth.org
Contact: Shannon Elder
E-mail: mentor@friendsforyouth.org
Since 1979, Friends for Youth has been dedicated to supporting youth-in-need through quality mentoring by creating
and cultivating friendships with adult volunteers, providing opportunities for enrichment and growth, and focusing on ways
to help youth achieve their potential.
Program type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 8 - 17
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 3 hours
per week
Length of commitment: 12 months |
DCPRD Homework Center Mentor/Tutor
Daly
City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative
111 Lake Merced Blvd.
Daly City, CA 94015-1048
Telephone: 650-991-8004
Fax:
650-991-0303
Website: www.dalycity.org
Contact: Denise Brown
E-mail: dbrown@dalycity.org
The Homework Center
Mentor/Tutor program is designed to give high school students an opportunity to work with elementary youth, assisting them
with their homework. They are also there to give support to the youth and learn personal skills such as: responsibility, social
behavior and respect for each other.
Program type: School-based (Daniel Webster and MH Tobias Elementary Schools)
Mentoring
focus: Social-emotional support; Tutoring/academic; Career development; Sports/recreation
Mentoring ratio: 2-3 mentor for
every 10-30 mentees
Mentee ages: 8 - 12
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: up to 3 hours per day, 4
days a week
Length of commitment: academic school year
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bay Area
731
Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Telephone: 925-918-2657
Fax: 415-495-5704
Website: www.bbbsba.org
Contact: Dolores Santa Cruz
E-mail: dsantacruz@bbbsba.org
Big Brothers
Big Sisters of the Bay Area helps build responsible, independent children and youth by matching each with a supportive and
caring adult role model. Our mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one
relationships that provide measurable impact.
Program Type: Community-based; school-based, site-based
Mentoring
focus: Social-emotional support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 6 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Time
commitment: 4 - 12 hours per month
Length of commitment: 12 months
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Healthy Cities Tutoring Program
City
of San Carlos
600 Elm Street
San Carlos, CA 94070
Telephone: 650-562-1894
Fax: 650-802-0159
Website:
www.cityofsancarlos.org/healthycities
Contact: Donna Becht
E-mail: dbecht@cityofsancarlos.org
The
Healthy Cities Tutoring Program provides volunteer tutor-mentors to students in grades kindergarten through eight in all seven
San Carlos schools.
Program type: School-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; Tutoring/academic
Mentoring
ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 5 - 14
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 1 hour per week
Length
of commitment: academic school year
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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 |
BUILD
2176 Bayshore
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Telephone: (510) 629-6939 Fax: (510) 271-7944
Website: www.build.org
Contact: Hillary Fernandes
E-mail: hillary@build.org
BUILD is an innovative four-year business development program which connects under-resourced high school students
with adult mentors and professionals around the Bay Area. Our mission is to provide real-world entrepreneurial experience
that empowers youth from backgrounds that are under-represented in college to excel in education, lead in their communities,
and succeed professionally. To date, 100% of BUILD graduates have been accepted to college. Program Type: School-based,
site-based
Mentoring focus: Career development
Mentoring ratio: Team mentoring (2 mentors:3-5 mentees)
Mentee ages: 14 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 1.5 hours per week (3:30 - 5:00 pm or 5:30 - 7:00 pm) Length of commitment:
9 or 11 months
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Spark
3543 18th St, #28
San
Francisco, CA 94110
Telephone: 415-626-5470
Fax: 415-354-8491
Website: www.sparkprogram.org
Contact: Nathalie Wade
E-mail: nwade@sparkprogram.org
Spark is a
youth empowerment program engaging students with apprenticeships, interactive field trips, and personal development. Spark's
mission is to inspire middle-school youth to pursue their interests, create bonds with their communities, and develop a lifelong
interest in learning. We are always looking for volunteer mentors to work with students as Apprentice Teachers, opening their
workplace to students who dream of working in their profession. Spark is offered as both a full-day summer program and a twice-weekly
after-school program for middle-school youth in Redwood City and San Francisco.
Program type: Community-based
Mentoring
focus: Career development
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 12 - 13 (7th and 8th grades)
Mentee genders:
male and female
Time commitment: 2 hours per week in fall and spring; 6 hours per week in summer
Length of commitment:
4 weeks in summer; 10 weeks in fall and spring
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Children's Empowerment, Inc. Mentoring
480
Collins Ave., Suite J
Colma, CA 91014
Telephone: 650-994-4200
Fax: 650-994-6798
Website: www.ceisf.org
Contact: Spencer Holeman
E-mail: sh@ceisf.org
Children's Empowerment, Inc.'s
goal is to empower all students, regardless of income level or ethnicity, to succeed in secondary education and continue on
to higher education.
Program Type: School-based
Mentoring focus: Tutoring/academic
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee
ages: 12 - 14
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 1 hour per week
Length of commitment: 12 months
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Centerforce Leaders In Future Environments (LIFE) Project
2955 Kerner Blvd
San Rafael, CA
94901
Telephone: (415) 456-9980, ext. 117
Fax: (415) 456-2146
Website: www.centerforce.org
Contact: Alison Tanzer, LIFE Project Coordinator
E-mail: Atanzer@centerforce.org
Leaders in Future Environments (LIFE) Project is a mentoring program that aims to strengthen and promote leadership
in youth affected by parental incarceration.
The LIFE Project accomplishes this by providing one-on-one mentoring, group
activities every six weeks, and annual retreats that focus on the special needs and unique challenges that our mentees face.
All activities are sponsored by the LIFE Project.
Program Type: Community-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional
support
Mentoring ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 11 - 18
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment:
1 hour per week
Length of commitment: 12 months
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Asian American Recovery Services Stay Safe
Mentoring
1115 Mission Road
South San Francisco, CA 94080
Telephone: 650-243 - 4850
Fax: 650-243-4851
Website:
www.aars-inc.org
Contact: Alan David
E-mail: a_david@aars-inc.org
Asian American Recovery
Services, Inc. aims to decrease the incidence and impact of substance abuse in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities
of the San Francisco Bay Area. To accomplish this goal, Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. develops and provides innovative
outreach, treatment, prevention, and research services for its target populations. Because there are multiple causes and effects
of substance abuse, Asian American Recovery Services, Inc. also engages in ancillary activities to meet its goal.
Program
Type: Community-based; school-based; site-based
Mentoring focus: Social-emotional support; tutoring/academic
Mentoring
ratio: 1:1 mentoring
Mentee ages: 11 - 14
Mentee genders: male and female
Time commitment: 3 - 5 hours per week
Length
of commitment: 12 months - 3 years
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