Mentoring Youth & Young Adults from Care
Be a friend.
Be a mentor to a young adult.
In this new (short-term commitment) mentoring program, mentors—like YOU—will volunteer mentor a young adult (ages 16-24) as part of BGCBigs' Mentoring Youth & Young Adults program.
The Mentoring Youth & Young Adults in Care (MYYAC) program is an extension of BGCBigs’ Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Big Siblings program and is designed to match mentors with young adults who have current or previous involvement with Children Services (ie. living in foster homes or group care) or are transitioning out of care and living independently.
We currently have a waitlist of young adults (ages 16-24) who are waiting to be matched with a mentor. The goal of this new short-term commitment program is to reduce this waitlist, while providing volunteers with a unique opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience and make a friend.
Deadline to apply is January 31, 2025. Mentoring takes place from March 2025 through end of August 2025.
Your commitment
Enrollment Process
- Be a mentor to a young adult (ages 16-24) from March 2025 through the end of August 2025.
- Visit with your mentee for 2 hours (on average) each week on evenings and/or weekends when you and your mentee are both available
- Support your mentee through the different challenges and goals that come at these ages, from helping them learn independent living skills (like resume building and money management) to simply hanging out, becoming friends and increasing their network of support.
- Complete the BGCBigs online application form
- Provide three (3) references
- Complete a Police Information Check
- Complete a Child & Youth Intervention Record Check
- Complete a pre-screen and interview (2.5 hrs)
- Enhanced Volunteer training to be completed between January and March of 2025
EXCLUSIVE PERK
BGCBigs will support your mentoring match by providing volunteers with a variety of tickets and/or passes for you and your mentee to attend community events, cultural experiences, local festivals or shows together in the city (and surrounding area) this spring and summer.
A NOTE TO VOLUNTEERS
Volunteer mentors in the MYYAC program must be in a place in their own life where they are able to support a marginalized vulnerable person who may be going through a lot.