Volunteer Opportunity Details:

The Goodguide Mentor Program serves to provide youth with mentors who:

• Serve as a positive role models and confidants
• Build relationships by planning and participating in activities together
• Be willing to share information on your career and explore career options with your mentee(s)
• Strive for mutual respect
• Build self-esteem and motivation
• Help set goals and work towards accomplishing them
• Be respectful of the mentee's time, opinions, and decision-making
• Serve as positive role model by modeling desirable behavior(e.g.patience, tolerance, and reflective listening)
• Be comfortable and able to establish appropriate boundaries with the mentee and his or her family
• Prior mentor experience
• Good communication skills
• Prior peer interaction experience
• Written Application
• Criminal history and child protective services registry check
• Personal Interview
• Drug Testing
• Provide three personal references
• 10hrs of training and orientation

This opportunity is sponsored by: Goodwill Industries Of Greater NY And Northern NJ This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Group/Corporate Groups Welcome Teens Welcome Senior Citizens Welcome We need volunteers who are free at these times Monthly Contact Person: Jude Michel, Program Director, (718) 278-9667, (email) View all organization contacts Address: 4-21 27th Ave Queens, NY 11102 (See a map) Directions: -Take the N or W train heading Uptown to 30th Ave -Transfer to the Q18 or Q102 heading towards Astoria to 27th Ave or -Take the F train to 21st Queensbridge -Transfer to the Q103 heading towards Astoria to 27th Ave Web Site: http://www.goodwillny.org/ Miscellaneous Information Borough Queens Volunteer Shifts 10 hours monthly

Last updated on November 3, 2009

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