| SBNH Teen Ambassador Program |
In partnership with Mellon New England and Mellon CityACCESS and through the generosity of Arthur F. Blanchard Trust, the South Boston Neighborhood House will launch a new initiative called Mellon CityACCESS Teen Ambassador Program. The program will provide rewarding work apprenticeships, skill building opportunities and activities to expand the vision of a select group of “teen ambassadors”. Each of the ambassadors will foster skills around professionalism, leadership, mentoring, higher education and self management that will empower them to realize their full potential.
All ambassadors will be scheduled to work 10-15 hours each week in a paid apprenticeship supporting staff in Early Education Care, Main Office or and Community Learning Center programs. There will be six positions available and the placements will rotate every six months to give the ambassadors exposure to all types of jobs in the agency.
Teens must be either sophomores or juniors in high school and be willing to make a 2-3 year commitment to participate in the Mellon CityACCESS program through their graduation. (At that time teens may be eligible for one of five $5,000.00 college scholarships) When applying please consider the full commitment of this program.
Teen Ambassadors will be expected to participate and attend all Mellon CityAccess program events including regularly schedule on-site Teen Ambassadors meetings, monthly youth development workshops with Ambassadors from other agencies, an overnight retreat, community service events, special events and the end of the year celebratory event.
Stop by or call the Teen Office for a job description and an application. The application must be filled out by the teen and returned no later than 5:00PM on Friday, November 18, 2005, for proper consideration. If you need additional information please feel free to contact Mona Connolly-Casper at 617-268-1619 x37. The South Boston Neighborhood House is looking forward to working with this group of teen ambassadors and positively impacting these youth, their families and the South Boston community.
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