Mentoring
A Mentor with the Little Lights Urban Ministries is a caring, responsible, adult volunteer who serves as a trusted friend and guide to a student in Little Lights. He or she helps to ensure that the student senses care and support, learns life skills and lessons, and is exposed to new opportunities and a wide array of resources. Mentors will help the student make positive life choices, stays in school, and graduates with a plan for pursuing post-secondary education or self-sufficiency.
Requirements
- Commit to mentor for 1 year
- Spend at least 5 hours per month with student
- Spend the first 6 months mentoring in a group setting
- Serve as a positive role model to the child, showing him/her what the life of a follower of Jesus looks like
- Attend monthly mentoring meetings held on the first Saturday of every month
- Submit a report/email describing the time that you spent with the child
- Submit an application, proof of auto insurance (if applicable), and tuberculosis tests results from the past 6 months (a TB test is required for all volunteers working with children)
- Pass a criminal background check (required for all volunteers)
- 2007-2008 Volunteer Application
- Academic Programs
- Spiritual Programs
- Camp Heaven
- Group Opportunities
Little Light Urban Ministries
760 7th Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
Tel. 202.548.4021
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