Volunteer Opportunity Details:

Volunteers are needed to provide mentoring services to youth ages 5 through 17 years of age who present with isolative and withdrawn behaviors, academic failure, legal involvement, abuse and/or neglect, and/or who are going through difficult life events and need additional support and guidance.

Mentors are caring people who have enough time and energy to share with a youth and enjoy sharing your knowledge, skills, abilities and insight with a youth.

Mentors make a difference in the success of a youth by:
-Increasing self-esteem and self-confidence
-Develop communication, listening and socialization skills
-Motivate and reach personal achievements
-Develop friendships, respect for self and others
-Make decisions
-Achieve many other goals

Volunteer mentors are recruited, screened and matched with a youth through the program. The mentor will provide weekly mentoring sessions that work toward goals of increasing the coping skills and resources of the youth so that he or she can more effectively work through the obstacles they face. The mentors will receive weekly support from the program during the first month of the match. Support is given on an as needed basis, but occurs minimally once to two times per month. Mentor trainings occur on a quarterly basis and program sponsored activities on a monthly basis. The mentor is expected to meet with the youth once a week for an average of three to five hours.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Catholic Charities DOM

We need volunteers who are free at these times Evenings Weekly Weekends This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Unpaid Interns Adults (55+) Young Adults (18-25) Individual

Contact Person: Jeanette Nadonley, Supervisor, (phone), (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

26 Safran Avenue Edison, NJ 08837 (See a map)

Details where opportunity can also be performed

This opportunity can also be performed in these locations:

Cities:		Avenel Colonia Dunellen East Brunswick Edison Fords Highland Park Iselin Keasbey Metuchen Middlesex Milltown New Brunswick North Brunswick Parlin Perth Amboy Piscataway Rahway Sayreville Sewaren Somerset South Amboy South Plainfield South River Woodbridge
Counties:		Middlesex