Opportunity Details
Mentoring Moms Program at Bigs & Littles NYC!
*PLEASE NOTE: At this time, we are looking for female, Spanish-Speaking mentors for our Mentoring Moms program*
In 2019, Bigs & Littles NYC launched the "Mentoring Moms and Dads" Initiative, a program that strengthens youth outcomes and helps moms/dads increase their ability to accomplish personal goals around academic and/or career, strengthening relationships, and incorporating a healthier lifestyle for themselves and their families.
If you are interested in being a friend, guide and a support to a mother or guardian of a child in our Community-Based Mentoring Program, then this is the right volunteer opportunity for you!
Join a community that uplifts NYC families!
The Match:
- The Mentoring Moms program will follow a "Community-Based" model, which provides our matches with the opportunity to participate in a 1:1 relationship. Mentoring Mom and Mentor will meet independently and within the community at-large.
- Overall, there is a 4-hour minimum monthly contact between in-person and phone/email/text, for a minimum of one year.
- Matches will build and maintain their relationship by engaging in weekly phone/email/text contact.
- Mentoring Mom will also meet with their Mentor 1-2 times a month, for a minimum of one year.
Requirements for Bigs (Volunteer Mentor):
- Must be at least 21 years old
- Live within the NYC Metropolitan area
- Have a schedule conducive to meet for outings, 1-2 times a month, for one year
- Maintain weekly contact with Mentoring Mom to help build relationship
- Maintain communication with Program Manager
- Participate in specialized programming
- Interested in working with a Mentoring Mom
- Bigs are responsible for financing all match outings. The agency encourages low-cost activities to both limit the volunteer’s expenses AND to avoid setting unrealistic expectations.
Interested? Contact us...
- On the internet: BigsLittlesNYC/volunteers
- On the phone: 212-475-3291 x 210
- On social media: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (@bigslittlesnyc)
A Mother and Daughter Find Support in Mentors:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/14/neediest-cases/single-mother-mentor-daughter.html
Mentoring not a good fit right now? Get in touch to learn how you can support us with volunteer recruitment, donor cultivation, and other engagement opportunities at Bigs & Littles NYC.
Mentoring
Families, Immigrants, Refugees or Ethnic Groups, Low-income communities
Age Minimum (with Adult): 21+, Minimum Age:21+
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