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Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Flagstaff
Community and School Based Mentoring
Ellen Majure, Program Director
P.O. Box 1701
Flagstaff AZ 86002
(928) 774-0649 (928) 774-4879
toren@bbbsf.com
www.bbbsf.com
Year Established: 1967
Type of Mentoring Program: Community and Site
Location: School & Community
Duration of Program: 12 Months
Hours per Month: 8 + Hours
Description of Program: Community Based Mentoring.
This program focuses on developing a one-on-one relationship
with a child. Volunteers are everyday people who want to give
a few hours a week with a child. Being a "BIG" does
not require any specific skills or experiences, it just takes
a desire to help a child. To a child, spending time with someone
who cares about them makes all the difference. "LITTLES"
who meet regularly with a mentor have higher self-esteem, are
more trusting of adults and do better in school.
School Based Mentoring. School based mentoring is another way
to reach children in Flagstaff. Mentors and mentees meet at a
school site from 3 to 5 p.m. for 10 weeks in the fall semester
and 10 weeks in the spring semester. All one-on-one match activities
take place at the school site. This is great for volunteers who
have no transportation and/or limited time. The mentors and mentees
spend time catching up on the past weeks' events, playing a game
or working on an arts & crafts project.
Coconino High School
GEAR UP
(Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs)
Carole Ferlazzo
2801 North Izabel Street
Flagstaff AZ 86004-3413
(928) 773-8219
cferlazz@flagstaff.apscc.k12.az.us
www4.nau.edu/gearup
Year Established: 2000
Type of Mentoring Program: Site Based
Location: School
Duration of Program: 9 Months
Hours per Month: 3 Hours
Description of Program: GEAR UP is a federally funded school-based comprehensive intervention program. Our mission is to significantly increase the number of low income students who are prepared to succeed in education beyond high school. Mentoring is a core intervention provided at each GEAR UP site. Mentoring, like all GEAR UP interventions and enrichments programs, aims to improve academic performance, reduce the drop-out rate, and increase expectations for post-secondary education.
E-mentoring
Environmental Education Outreach Program
Mansel Nelson
Northern Arizona University
Box 5768
Flagstaff AZ 86011
(928) 523-1275
mansel.nelson@nau.edu
www4.nau.edu/eeop
Year Established: 2002
Type of Mentoring Program: Site Based
Location: E-mail serving students in Utah
Duration of Program: 4 Months
Hours per Month: 3 Hours
Description of Program: E-mentoring enables Native
American students in the San Juan School District (Blanding,
Utah) to have access to information and resources that may not
otherwise be made available to them. E-mentoring gives students
the opportunity to provide college level role models for students
and to help develop important learning relationships between
student and mentor.
Foster Grandparent Program
of Northern AZ
Senior Core Programs of Northern Arizona
Carole Mandino
P.O. Box 5063
Flagstaff AZ 86011-5063
(928) 523-3560 (866) 856-3017
Carole.Mandino@nau.edu
www4.nau.edu/gerontology
Year Established: 1997
Type of Mentoring Program: Community and Site Based
Location: School, Community Center, Juvenile Justice Facility
Duration of Program: Not Specified
Hours per Month: 80 Hours
Description of Program: Foster Grandparent Volunteers
are those age 60 + and low income. They volunteer 20 hours weekly
serving children with special or exceptional needs. Volunteers
receive a stipend of $2.65 an hour, meal & mileage reimbursement,
insurance while volunteering and an annual physical. They serve
children through Head Start Centers, schools, juvenile centers,
hospitals, etc. at no cost to the child's family.
Native American Composer
Apprentice Project (NACAP)
Grand Canyon Music Festival
Clare Hoffman
P.O. Box 1332
Grand Canyon AZ 86023
(928) 638-9215
clare@I-2000.com
GrandCanyonMusicFest.org
Year Established: 2001
Type of Mentoring Program: Community Based
Location: In the community
Duration of Program: 1 Month
Hours per Month: 14 Hours
Description of Program: Through intense one-on-one lessons
with composer-in-residence Brent Michael Davids (an award-winning
active, professional composer, of the Mohican Nation) and other
mentors who are members of a string quartet (2002 the Corigliano
Quartet), musically talented students living in remote, rural
areas of Arizona's Navajo and Hopi Reservation (and in 2002,
the Phoenix metropolitan area), learn the rigors of music notation,
and the art of string quartet writing, from inspiration to notation,
to performance. Students' completed works are performed during
a Grand Canyon Music Festival season concert, by award-winning
string quartets (Miro Quartet in 2001, Corigliano in 2002). Works
are professionally recorded and, along with professionally copied
scores, are given to each student in a portfolio for their own
use. Through their relationship with Mr. Davids, students learn
first-hand about careers in music, and educational opportunities
in music. They also learn how music from their culture fits (and
doesn't fit) with "western" concepts of music, and
how to use that knowledge as a source of inspiration and a tool
for use in their own creative processes.
Youth in Action AmeriCorps
NAU Youth in Action AmeriCorps Program
Deidre Crawley
Felicia Fowler
P.O. Box 6025
Flagstaff AZ 86011-6025
(928) 523-9043
Deidre.Crawley@nau.edu
www.nau.edu/americorps
Year Established: 1994
Type of Mentoring Program: Community and Site Based
Location: School and in the community.
Duration of Program: 12 Months
Hours per Month: Not Specified
Description of Program: AmeriCorps members serve tutoring
programs for school system students from kindergarten to high
school seniors in basic skill subjects.
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