It's a hard time to be a kid. With all kinds of negative peer pressures, it's tough to navigate without a caring adult to help them through. Many of the kids we serve have added challenges; most of them live in poverty or low-income homes, and more than 80% of them don't have a family history of higher education. 

Luckily, College Mentors for Kids provides college student mentors to serve as positive role models for these kids and open their eyes to new opportunities, helping them to create new visions for their futures. 

My first year in the organization, I was a mentor because I love helping and watching these kids grow, and they manage to teach me a few things along the way. For my second year in the program, I'm taking on a different role. I have the opportunity to plan the activities we do with our little buddies every week. As the Vice President of Activity Planning for our chapter, I am in the unique position to help expose our kids to all different kinds of opportunities they can have in the future and doing it in interesting, fun and relateable ways that hopefully stay with them long after they move on from our program. The amazing kids we work with deserve every chance to see the incredible things life has to offer, and I love being a part of showing that to them. 

I can't do all of this without your help, though. Please consider making a donation to help me meet my fundraising goal! Your contribution will allow us to continue this program on our campus so that we can construct activities to the degree that these kids deserve and it will help us make an even greater impact on these kids lives!