WILL YOU MENTOR A COLLEGE BOUND STUDENT?

We are looking for individuals who would like to help a young person successfully complete college. Students who need support are from communities under-represented in higher education, from families in financial need. All students are from public schools in the Peninsula. Many are the first in their families to attend college. You can help one of these students stay in college, and graduate, a very big challenge for them.

MENTORING PROGRAM SUMMARY

GOAL: Provide a sustained, community-based network of personal support, information and resources to Peninsula College Fund Scholars and their families, to help each student achieve a successful college experience and expand future opportunities.

Who: A responsible, mature, resourceful, college graduate volunteer from the community will be paired as Mentor with a Peninsula College Fund Scholar, during the student's four-year scholarship.

Why: Students need many types of support to succeed in college: personal, moral, academic, financial, career, and more. Through its Mentoring Program and Mentors, the Peninsula College Fund is committed to helping its students take advantage of as many opportunities and resources, and receive as much personal and professional support as possible during the students' college years.

What: Each Mentor will initiate and maintain regular contact with his/her student, inquiring how things are going, following up on issues mentioned in previous exchanges, keeping track of student progress and struggles, etc. Mentor will help student find personal and professional information and resources available on campus and in the community. Mentor will also establish a consistent connection with student's family. To aid each Mentor, the Peninsula College Fund has developed a database of relevant resources as well as yearly trainings.

When: During each of the four academic years, Mentor will maintain monthly (or more frequent) contact with student, via email, letters, phone, and in-person meetings. Mentor will meet with student during school breaks (summer, winter, spring), depending upon the availability of Mentor and student. To help maintain the personal nature of the Mentor/student relationship, Mentor will meet in person at least twice each year with student, and at least once each year with Scholar's family.

How: To help student succeed in college, Mentor will provide moral support and understanding about the challenges of the student's college experience; locate resources to assist with student's personal and professional development; explore and share Mentor's and student's academic, career, family, and other experiences relevant to Scholar. Mentor may also help student develop a vision and goals for student's academic and professional future. The Peninsula College Fund will be a major resource for both Mentor and Scholar, helping create a network of support and information.

Mentor Application

If you would like more information please contact Jessica Perez at jessica@peninsulacollegefund.org