Adult mentors receive six hours of training and serve as role models for children 8 to 16 with mental, emotional or physical problems. Volunteers are asked to make a one-year commitment. The tutoring program seeks volunteers age 16 and up who can commit to two hours a week during the school year. Sessions are held at the Beech Acres campus. In-school volunteers are trained to work with students in kindergarten through high school.
Volunteers can choose their school and time commitment.
St. Joseph Orphanage Mentors are needed for four to six hours a month to work with at-risk youth who have been victims of abuse or neglect. Tutors also needed for an hour or more a week. Ext. 104 or Stjosephorphanage.org . This residential educational program seeks volunteer tutors to assist boys and girls in grade 5 through high school. Tutors work one hour a week, evenings.