{"id":7799,"date":"2024-01-12T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/?p=7799"},"modified":"2024-01-31T14:24:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T19:24:29","slug":"bridges-for-kids-needs-mentors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/bridges-for-kids-needs-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridges for Kids Needs Mentors!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7800 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mentoring-Kids-234x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mentoring-Kids-234x300.png 234w, https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Mentoring-Kids.png 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #fa4616;\"><strong>Bridges for Kids<\/strong><\/span> is an individual mentoring program that matches a trained adult volunteer with youth ages 5-12 who are looking for a trusted adult to help them succeed. Mentors provide the one-on-one attention so crucial to building self-esteem in our local youth. The program provides monthly family activities for all enrolled families, as well as assistance with school supplies, holiday dinners, and gifts.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking for mentors who can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet with the child once a week.<\/li>\n<li>Offer enrichment activities designed to increase the child&#8217;s self-confidence and resiliency skills.<\/li>\n<li>Stress the importance of education, healthy exercise, creative expression, and new experiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mentors must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be 18 years or older<\/li>\n<li>Have access to a vehicle<\/li>\n<li>Commit to at least one year with the child<\/li>\n<li>Attend a mentor training<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Are you ready to make an impact? <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=o-ewF-Y1H0GJYgi-lfhxFStvOaqiDCNEtdwCZr6dBgRUNEUxWTlXM0xLSVJCMjhKVllYQUdOR1dKSC4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apply now!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Call (607) 753-9651 or email bridges@cortlandywca.org for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bridges for Kids is an individual mentoring program that matches a trained adult volunteer with youth ages 5-12 who are looking for a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-general","category-recent-news","has_no_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10136,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7799\/revisions\/10136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cortlandywca.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}