CHAMPS Program
CHAMPS stands for “Collegiates Helping As
Mentors in Public Schools” Program.
Website :
http://gatortimes.ufl.edu/2007/09/04/champs-needs-volunteers/
(2007 website page)
Contact:
(352) 955-6900, gavanh@sbac.edu
Who they are: The CHAMPS Program is a youth motivator program for students in the Alachua
County Public School System. It was started in 1991, and since then,
more than 4000 college students have volunteered with the program.
What YOU can do to help
: College volunteers are needed to mentor elementary and middle school students. Each volunteer is paired with an at-risk student for a
semester. As a volunteer, you act as a mentor and special friend
to the student and visit them during school for an hour each week. Each volunteer must commit to at least one whole semester, though many of
the college students continue in the program. Formal
recruitment, placement, and orientation for volunteers is conducted at the beginning of the fall and spring
semesters each year.
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