Volunteer: Female Mentor needed for a 14 year old girl
Walk With Sally believes no child should walk alone in the face of a loved one's cancer journey. Because we don't want cancer to define or limit children for the rest of their lives, we create hope, healing and a supportive community through individualized mentoring, which transforms the lives not only of the children, but also of the families impacted by cancer., Works with One girl, 14 years old We are looking for a female mentor for a 14 year old girl living in Los Alamitos whose older brother passed from cancer. She likes to ride bikes, go to the park, art, drawing, photography and film. Can you become her friend? Description Of Role Cancer changes everything for the family and children enrolled in our program would like support from a mentor during hard times. Walk With Sally is dedicated to providing hope through our individualized mentoring and community building services to empower children experiencing trauma through a parent, guardians, relative, sibling's cancer journey. No one should face a loved one's cancer alone. Responsibilities ? Commit to the program and assigned mentee for a minimum of 1 year ? Curate positive, creative, and/or outdoors activities to engage your mentee for at least 6-8 hours each month (We also suggest free of cost activities for you to fulfill this requirement) ? Participate quarterly in a mentor roundtables to connect with other mentors and build community ? Maintain regular contact with assigned Case Manager for further support, guidance, and/or access to resources ? Have fun, be you, and take of yourself too
Qualifications
Needed ? 22 years of age or older ? Have lived with or lost a parent / sibling/ friend/ loved one to cancer or are a cancer survivor (must be in remission for 5 years) ? Successfully pass background check The location listed above is not exactly where you will be volunteering. We have children on our waitlist all over the Greater Los Angeles area and create listing for volunteers near where we have children in need of a mentor. Please feel free to check out our website at www.walkwithsally.org or leave a comment for us to better answer any additional questions you may have. This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good. Apply Job!