MDK’s mentoring program engages girls in interactive activities which exposes them to positive experiences and helps them develop essential skills for planning their futures. One-on-one mentors are provided upon request. Trained mentors commit to spending a minimum of two hours per week with their mentees. Mentors are required to undergo criminal background checks. Other mentoring activities include:
Real Rap Sessions for Teen Girls Only
Real Rap is a monthly activity which provides a sociable and supportive forum for teen girls to express their thoughts and concerns about issues pertaining to be teenage girls. A topic of the month is discussed and each girl has an opportunity to seek advice or share advice from their peers. An information handbook on topics is provided for each participant to take home to use as reference. Role playing, skits and video presentations are part of the activity. Refreshments and giveaways are provided.
Career Mentoring Day
Career Mentoring Day is a community based program which allows My Daughter’ Keeper, Inc. to visit schools and group homes for girls. MDK and volunteers from corporations spend the day exploring career opportunities, writing sample resumes, conducting mock interview and team building exercises with teenage girls. The purpose of Career Mentoring Day is to help young ladies focus on life after graduation by helping them determine possible career choices and preparing for their first job.
Free to Love Me School Tour
Free to Love Me” is a student outreach and mentoring program which specifically targets middle and high school young ladies. The Tour promotes the importance of self-love, self-respect, self-esteem and abstinence. The Tour also addresses some of the critical issues girls ages 10-17 are faced with in their daily lives at home, in school and in their communities. The school tour promotes peer-to-peer communications as members of the tour speaker’s bureau are teenage girls who are dealing with some of the same issues and challenges as the young ladies we plan to reach on the tour. Also, Vanessa Baker, Miss New Jersey USA 2003 has partnered with MDK and will address the importance of self-esteem, body image and self-validation. The goal of the “Free to Love Me” School Tour is to bring to the forefront pertinent challenges and issues faced by pre-teen and teenage girls in an open, non-judgmental forum during school hours. The program will provide an opportunity for these young women to share with their peers their personal challenges and problems. The program will also emphasize the importance of loving and respecting themselves enough not to make unwise choices that can ultimately impact their lives negatively. Tour speakers will also discuss the importance of young women supporting one another regardless of their socioeconomic backgrounds or ethnicity. MDK connects those in need of assistance and support to resources in their communities.
Passions to Professions (P2P) Summer Enrichment Program
The Passions to Professions (P2P) program is a summer enrichment program for girls ages 10-15. The purpose of the P2P program is to help girls identify their passions and interests by tapping into their individual gifts and talents and helping them to translate their passions into possible careers by exposing them to various professions. The goal is to motivate and empower girls to explore their interests and to encourage them to learn more about possible career choices through an interactive, hands-on approach. The girls participate in summer field trips to various businesses; engage in Passion Projects; and meet and dialogue with various professionals representing various industries.
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