Activities
Activities
Here are some of our activities…
- Arts and crafts
- Board games
- Bowling
- Cooking
- Exercising
- Etiquette training
- Field days
- Fishing
- Fundraising
- Gardening
- Goal setting
- Hiking
- Hygiene
- Money management
- Movie Night
- Outings (Zoo, Library)
- Reading
- Self esteem exercise
- Sewing
- Skating
- Speed chatting
- Sports experimenting
- Swimming
- Trash pickup
- Volunteering
- Water safety
- Writing
Tell Someone you love about A.V.A
One conversation could change the trajectory of a child's life
The Data
- Kids matched with a mentor were 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs BBBS, 1993
- 33% less likely to engage in violence, BBBS, 1993
- Mentorship in middle and high school has the power to impact the course of students’ academic and personal life trajectories. Human connection built on trust is the glue that binds students’ academic and personal lives and helps them make sense of their futures; Education today
- At-risk young adults with mentors are also more likely to be enrolled in college than those without a mentor (45% of all at-risk youth with a mentor are enrolled in some type of postsecondary education as opposed to 29% of at-risk youth who are enrolled but never had a mentor). Mentoring.org 2014
- Every year, over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone. That’s a student every 26 seconds – or 7,000 a day. -U.S. Department of Education 2015
What A.V.A expects for you and your child?
- Consistency
- Accountability
- Fun, fun, fun
- Listening
- Time management
- Safety first
- Wear A.V.A attire to monthly bi-weekly meetings.
What you can expect from A.V.A.
- Monthly calendars with both rain or shine activities for your child.
- Email communication
- Updates on your child's progress and behavior
- Assurance we will treat your child with the upmost dignity and respect