If so, check out the organizations in Los Angeles that provide specialized opportunities for you to mentor young men and women. This list comes from the October 2014 issue of Esquire Magazine; stay tuned for part two of this blog. 바카라 규치 mentoring organizations to come.
Creative writing with recently incarcerated youth. Share stories. Share feedback. Learn from each other.
Learn to surf at Zuma Beach, snowboard at Big Bear, and skateboard at Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Neither shredding experience, nor mastery of tasty and/or gnarly waves, required.
For middle-school students at risk of dropping out, a 10-week apprenticeship in their field of interest that meets at the mentor's workplace for two hours a week.
Filmmaking, surfing camps, drumming workshops, poetry, and work-site mentoring.
Science and tech mentoring through hands-on projects.
Golf and mentoring at Griffith Park, Los Feliz, and nine other area golf courses.
Career advice for high school dropouts getting their GEDs and learning construction-job skills.
Advising low-income high school students applying to summer-prep programs or to college. Two mentors work with one student. Frequent mentors-only. Happy hours and field trips.
Art projects with kids at the children's courthouse as they wait to be called for their court hearings. (Other option: weekly workshops on painting, drawing, or music and shelters and group homes.)
