Elevate Your G.A.M.E.

Mission Statement

Through mentoring, Elevate Your G.A.M.E. is lifting urban youth to higher levels in their Grades, Attendance and Maturity to Empower them to be leaders. Elevate Your G.A.M.E. conducts mentoring programs at urban high schools in the Los Angeles area, specifically in Compton, Long Beach and Lynwood. Approximately, 300 urban teenagers are mentored each year.

Elevate Your G.A.M.E.'s mentors are adults and students who undergo comprehensive screening and training. They meet with participants once a week for one hour in classrooms and libraries in the host schools. The 9th - 12th grade participants (of all ethnicities, though primarily African-American and Hispanic) discuss with their mentors a variety of academic and character topics. Topics discussed in mentoring sessions include: educational achievement, respect, perseverance, integrity, responsible behavior, conflict resolution, time management, nutrition and physical fitness. In addition, mentors help students to develop career goals. Occasional guest speakers address some of the above topics or expose the students to their professions.

During the summer, Elevate Your G.A.M.E. conducts a Summer Internship Project. In this program students are given internship opportunities with businesses and government agencies that expose them to various career possibilities. Approximately 35 - 45 high school students participate in this program each year. Participants, also, attend weekly job-training sessions throughout the summer.