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Community
Boys
& Girls Club of Schenectady and Schenectady City School District
Collaborate to offer Mentoring Program
The Boys & Girls Club of Schenectady in partnership with
Schenectady City Schools offers the PROMISES school-based
mentoring program which aims to match caring, motivated adults
from our community with at-risk children in grades 4-8.
Research shows that mentoring has a positive effect on both the
child and the mentor. Children who are mentored often
experience an increase in academic achievement, are truant less
often and participate less in risk-taking behaviors.
Mentored children also have a better attitude toward learning,
toward their elders and toward helping in general. They
also show improved relationships with their parents.
Mentors Needed
Would you like to mentor?
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Mentors are asked to commit two hours each
week.
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The mentor and youth can meet at the child's
school, one of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Schenectady sites,
or at a variety of other pre-arranged sites.
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Mentors receive training and support
including ideas and materials for activities, games and arts
and crafts projects.
If you would like to mentor a
child or if you have a child who needs a mentor, please call
Jerrine Wyman at 374-8822 or email
jwbgcs@gmail.com
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