Mentoring 50 At-risk Teens in USA
USA youth mentoring programs
Summary
The high school drop-out crisis in America is a silent epidemic. You can help. This project will support 50 at-risk teens with 1-to-1 mentoring to help them discover and achieve their full potential.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
There is a high school drop-out crisis far beyond the imagination of most Americans…relegating many thousands of children to a life drugs, crime and underachievement. We urgently need to address this problem together. Our project provides 1-to-1 mentoring to high school students across the US who have been selected as highly motivated and gifted students but lacking the resources needed to succeed. This program supports students to finish high school, enter college and break the poverty cycle.
Activities
Students complete a 9-month mentoring program, during which they identify their unique talents, interests and goals and careers that best match. Students also develop essential character skills such as motivation, confidence and persistence.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $9,350
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $40,650
Total Funding Goal: $50,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will support 50 at-risk students to graduate from high school and enter college. Our students will break the poverty cycle, avoid drugs and stay out of prison. Ultimately, we will help 50 young people live happy, successful lives.
Project Message
"My friends have dropped out of school, my mother doesn't have a job, I don’t know my father, but thanks to Hidden Potential I have graduated and start college in September."
- Sinclair H., High school student who participated in program
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Joel Sutton
Executive Director
4814 63rd West
Bradenton, FL 34210
United States
941 306 3321
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Hidden Potential Foundation
4814 63rd Dr. W
Bradenton,
Florida
34210
United States
941 306 3321
http://www.hiddenpotentialusa.org
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
United States
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 23, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
America's Giving Challenge Success Stories
By Mary Schilling-Lorio - Ms., August 22, 2008 12:07 PM
Three teens, all from different states, completed the program and each reported different benefits...I am happy to let them speak with their own voice. These quotes were taken from the interviews we had with them after they completed their programs:
"I was really excited to start the Potential Discovery Course because I just finished my first year of Community College but I really did not know what I wanted to study. I am the first person in my family to graduate from high school and continue onto college, but I felt like I was letting my family down. After the Potential Discovery Course, I understand what I want to do much better. I am excited about studying to become a teacher and hope to transfer to a 4-year college at the end of next year. I also understand myself much more and what is important in my life. I understand that I am different than a lot of my friends and that's OK. It was a lot of fun - thank you Hidden Potential!" - Ron, 20, Bradenton, Florida
"My mom signed me up for the Potential Discovery Course because she heard about it in church. I wasn't sure why I was going, but after the first two weeks I started to have a lot of fun with my Potential Coach. I will be a Junior in high school next year and I think that I will apply for college. I didn't think about college before, but now I am pretty sure that I want to go. I think I want to become a computer designer. I am already good with computers and it will be a fun job to have."
- Deonte, 16, Cleveland, Ohio
"I was getting into a lot of trouble at school before I started the Hidden Potential Course. I know my parents were worried, but I didn't really care. Now I know that what I do today will change my future. I want to go to college and get a good job, so I am going to keep out of trouble because if I get in more trouble it will hurt my future."
- Nick, 16, Denver, Colorado
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