Mentor! Join a community! Make meaningful connections as you mentor teens and tweens in NE Seattle

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Join Rally Club Seattle, a collaborative, after-school group mentor community with some amazing, thoughtful, creative, resilient, and hilarious teens and tweens.

At a time when the U.S. Center for Disease Control reports that 40% of teens feel persistently sad or hopeless, Rally Club Seattle believes in the power of relationships and community to help underserved youth reach their fullest potential. Their vision is that youth will have a community of support surrounding them through middle school and beyond.

Connectedness not only has a powerful protective effect on mental health, but also improves other youth outcomes such confidence, concern for others, and academic competence. Caring mentors like you create a welcoming, fun, and inclusive community that teens and tweens want to be a part of! Time is spent in larger group activities and well as in small groups and in giving individualized attention. Activities are tailored to youth interest, and may include arts and crafts, PE type games (relays, dodgeball), pickleball, ping pong, board games, cooking, and more. Mentors may also serve as tutors, helping with homework as needed.

We take a collaborative approach to mentorship, with several mentors in place each week. Our very low (2:1 to 3:1) child: adult ratios are designed to allow time for volunteers to get to know youth well and to allow flexibility in volunteers’ schedule. We aim for about 3 to 4 mentors each day and about 8 to 12 youth for each "club" location.