Support After School Programs

Support After School Programs

VOLUNTEER AT YOUR LOCAL BGCP CLUBHOUSE OR SCHOOL SITE!

Are you interested in working alongside our incredible staff to help run fun, engaging and impactful programming? Can you commit even a few hours a week?  We’re looking for volunteers to work with our students in the following areas: 

  • Group Homework Help

  • 1-1 or Small Group Academic Subject Tutoring

  • Art Enrichment Support

  • Computer Science, Engineering and other STEM Enrichment Support

  • Literacy/Reading

BGCP delivers high quality programming at the following schools/clubhouse sites:

  • Redwood City

    • Kennedy Middle School (6-8)

    • Garfield Community School (K-5)

    • Hoover Elementary School (K-8)

    • Taft Elementary School (K-5)

    • Redwood City Teen Center (9-12)

  • Menlo Park

    • Menlo Park Clubhouse (K-8)

    • Belle Haven Elementary School (K-5)

  • East Palo Alto

    • Costaño Elementary School (K-5)
    • Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School (6-8)

    • Los Robles Elementary School (K-5)

    • East Palo Alto Clubhouse (K-12)

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

  1. Apply here.
  2. Complete compliance requirements (4-5 hours total). Please note: Per BGCA and BGCP guidelines, volunteers must complete yearly compliance requirements to ensure the safety and well-being of our students. These include a Live Scan, mandated reporter and sexual-harassment training, a valid TB test, and proof of COVID vaccination.
  3. Claim volunteer slots in your account on VolunteerHub.com. Please note: we are looking for consistent volunteers who sign up for a weekly slot for 8-weeks at a time.

  4. Attend orientation

  5. Start making an impact!

Questions? Please email our team at volunteer@bgcp.org.

Become a Future Grads College Coach

Become a Future Grads College Coach

Future Grads

Future Grads is a college counseling program for first-generation BGCP high school students. As a Future Grads College Coach, your role is to provide support through the college application process for your mentee/s. Senior year deadlines are fast and furious. Students often need another caring adult (in addition to Future Grads staff) to help them persevere. This opportunity is a great fit for a volunteer looking to make a deep impact.

We are seeking coaches who are passionate about supporting a first-generation college student and can be their cheerleader through the process. The beauty of the role is that you do not need to be an expert, just willing to learn and keep your mentee/s accountable. The biggest thing we are looking for is time commitment, as this is a year-long opportunity where coaches meet weekly with students for at least an hour per student.

Thank you for your interest in being a Future Grads College Coach!

How you’ll make an impact

  • Help students identify what matters to them in a college

  • Support students in researching and applying to the best-fit colleges

  • Help edit college and scholarship essays

  • Support their college application and financial aid process

  • Help to ease student anxieties about being able to "make it" in college

Program Outline

  • We ask Future Grads College Coaches to make a one-year commitment

  • Begins in June of each year

  • Coaches can expect to spend 1-2 hours per week for one year working with their High School Senior students, though some weeks could be heavier/lighter

  • Meeting times are flexible; students and Coaches will find the best days and times to connect (typically 4pm-8pm)

  • BGCP supports Future Grads College Coaches through Coach Academies: monthly informational meetings that keep coaches informed on senior year deadlines, and will consist of training for coaches to be best equipped to support students

Although the year-long commitment may seem daunting, the results are most gratifying and worth the time.

Please note: Per BGCA and BGCP guidelines, all Future Grads Coaches must complete yearly compliance requirements to ensure the safety and well-being of our students. These include a background check with the FBI/DOJ, mandated reporter and sexual- harassment training, and a valid TB test. 

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