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Wanted: Mentors for Children Who Lost a Parent on 9/11
Tuesday's Children is in need of responsible adults in Putnam County to serve as positive role model
Tuesday's Children, a national nonprofit organization that provides services to 9/11 families, is currently recruiting young, active adults from Putnam County to serve as a positive role model for a child who lost a parent on September 11th. Tuesday's Children provides a wide-range of services for September 11th families including mentoring, advocacy for children, next-step life skills and leadership training for adults.
The Tuesday's Children Mentoring Program pairs these children with specially-trained adult role models who can offer new opportunities, provide guidance, enhance coping skills and most of all have fun. Mentoring candidates will be screened and trained by mentoring experts and then matched with a child in their area. Mentors must be 18 years of age and agree to a one-year commitment.
"At Tuesday's Children, our goal is to ensure that the thousands of children who lost a parent on September 11 never walk alone," said Jennifer Betancourt Aparicio, director of mentoring for Tuesday's Children. "The importance of a mentor's friendship, encouragement and support is incalculable. With a mentor's help these kids will have another source of strength and guidance as they grow into adolescence and young adulthood."
Tuesday's Children offers a community based mentoring program which takes place at either the mentee's home or somewhere within the community. The mentors participating in this program will meet twice a month (days, times and locations are flexible) for one-onone sessions with their mentee which may include playing basketball in the backyard, helping with homework, playing board games, taking in a sporting event, volunteering together for a community service project, or just providing a shoulder to lean on. Tuesday's Children also offers quarterly group outings such as ice skating, museums, bowling, and picnics as well as tickets to various events like New York Mets games, New Jersey Nets games, Broadway shows, or the circus.
The Tuesday's Children mentoring program was structured and implemented in conjunction with MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership. For more information or to volunteer to be a mentor, contact Jennifer at jennifer@tuesdayschildren.org or (212) 319-3988.
Tuesday's Children has made a long-term commitment to every child who lost a parent on 9/11. The nonprofit organization provides a wide-range of programming from mentoring, to advocacy for children, to next-step life skills and leadership training for adults. Tuesday's Children's programs are created by the families for the families with one simple goal - to develop the resources necessary to ensure these children each their full potential. For those interested in more information about the organization and its programs, visit their website at www.tuesdayschildren.org or call 516-562-9000.
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