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Intel Computer Clubhouse
Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley
Thunderbird Branch
Mark Sheen
9225 South Avenida del Yaqui
Guadalupe AZ 85283
(480) 897-6247
marks@clubzona.com
www.clubzona.com
Year Established: 2001
Type of Mentoring Program: Site Based
Location: Community Center
Duration of Program: 3 Months
Hours per Month: 8 Hours
Description of Program: In the Clubhouse,
youth (ages 6-18) express themselves through projects based on
their own interests, creating computer-generated art and music,
designing their own animations, writing and illustrating interactive
poetry, building kinetic sculptures and robotic constructions,
and designing their own Web pages. Adult mentors serve as role
models and support the young people's self-directed explorations.
In the process youth become excited about learning and fluent
with new technologies, enabling them to develop skills useful
in their future careers and, more generally, their lives.
Kids Learn FAAST Tutoring & Mentoring Program
Foster Angels of Arizona Serving Together
Tina Cardenas
1660 S. Alma School Road, Suite 225
Mesa, AZ 85210
(480) 895-0189
Toll Free (866) 995-0189
tina.cardenas@fosterangelsaz.org
www.fosterangelesaz.org
Year Established: 2004
Type of Mentoring Program: Community
Location: Maricopa
Duration of Program: 1 Year
Hours per Month: 8 Hours
Description of Program: The Kids Learn FAAST program has been specifically designed to meet the unique needs of children in foster care. Volunteer tutor/mentors provide a stabilizing element to the very transient lives of foster children while helping them to develop both emotionally and scholastically.
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