SJ Merc Op-Ed - Mentoring can make a difference

Back by popular demand -
Join us for our 2012 Community Spring Breakfast to share with our friends CCPY's first decade of success creating brighter futures through community.
If you ever wanted to be part of a miracle, this is your chance.
California Community Partners for Youth (CCPY)

Join parents, families and the greater community celebrating teens and their mentors as they return from the CCPY Step-Up Program Camp Residential Intensive.

Please come to witness, support and celebrate
these students as they share the insights and
achievements they’ve gained through our work together as individuals and as a community.

The California Community Partners for Youth Community requests the Honor of Your Presence at the Welcome Home Celebration for
Our Community of Youth, Mentors, Families, Volunteers and Staff

Monday, January 16, 2012, 6:00 – 8:00 PM followed by an informal reception
W.C. Overfelt High School, Room F-5, 1835 Cunningham Avenue, San Jose, CA 95122

See attached for details-

CCPY celebrated a decade of Creating Brighter Futures through Community at our first ever Community Fall Breakfast, where we:

Applaud the accomplishments of our youth;
Shared with friends and family CCPY's successes;
Acknowledge the contributions of our mentors and staff;
Brainstormed options for consistent financial support as government funding shrinks;
Contributed - Investing in Brighter Futures
http://www.ccpy.org/donate/

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The costs and the numbers

City of San Jose's Safe Summer Initiative Helps CCPY Youth Pursue Education

It is amazing the difference encouragement and support can make in effecting the trajectory of a life of a child. Imagine if we all helped - even just a little

With the help of partners CCPY gets kids back on track

California Community Partners for Youth needs your help! We are looking for amazing new mentors and volunteers for the 2011-2012 school year.

CCPY is a school-based non-profit organization which strives to educate and support at-risk teens to stay in school and learn to set and achieve their personal goals. Through intensive training and support, CCPY creates a mutually supportive community of youth and caring adults to help participants understand their underlying attitudes and beliefs, fostering a sense of accountability.

We invite you to assist challenged teens to discover their potential by staying in school and breaking the cycle of poverty, crime, or drugs though life-skills coaching, mentoring, and role-modeling.

CCPY received a Service Performance Index rating of 903 OUT of 1,000 possible in San Jose’s Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task (MGPTF) evaluation report for the 2009-2010 program year.

CCPY is an equal opportunity service provider for any San Jose high school youth committed to pursuing positive life-skills development. Space available is determined by funding available.