Youth Mentorship
This year, we are beginning a mentorship program to develop social and emotional skills within student-athletes. The mission of the mentorship is to improve self-esteem, academic performance, strengthen family relationships, and empower the student-athlete to become a model citizen of their home and school communities. With the skills learned throughout the program it is our goal to reduce substance use, violence and other risk behaviors. Our program targets youth and families who have below-average school performance, poor social skills, and/or weak family bonds.
The demographics of the program will be made of ten student-athletes, from grades 8th-12th in the New York City Tri-State Area. When recruiting student-athletes the goal is to have a male and female participant from each grade level.