MGFD
OUR PROGRAMS
MGFD offers youth, that have already been identified as at-risk, an opportunity to work with a caring mentor to improve their ability to develop a positive attitude towards their future. The long-term goal of MGFD is to empower the young person to break the habits that are leading to trouble in school and in the streets. MGFD has four mentoring programs.
Dream Builders is the central program of MGFD. The steps for At-risk middle school students + their mentors will be to participate in a structured program of support, in an energizing retreat, following will be a seven month structured program that includes monthly team-building + group activities. The program ends with a ceremony, however the mentor and youth remain together for the following five months.
Dream Catchers focuses on students who are chronically suspended from middle and high schools. The goal of the program is to rekindle the youth's commitment to learning and being successful in the classroom. By empowering young people to finish school, mentors are improving the student's success in the work world as adults.
Dream Makers engages youth involved in the juvenile court system. The mentoring relationship is utilized to establish a program of change in the young person's life. The mentor encourages goal-setting, self-discipline, and skill development that improves the young person's sense of hopefulness. Mentors and youth work one-on-one for a year and are also offered opportunities to participate in monthly group activities and outings.
