Saturday, May 19, 2012

Teaming Up for Youth & Horses Mentoring Program

December 21, 2010 by  
Filed under BLOG, Mentoring News, Sunnyvale

Have you ever ridden a horse?  Do you remember the mix of excitement, fear and awe?  Starting January 29th, Reach Potential is teaming up with Sunnyvale Public Safety and Dreampower Horsemanship to launch our Mentoring program with at-risk Sunnyvale teens getting their first experience on a horse with their mentor by their side. Why horses?  [...]

Class Adoptions Counterpunch School Cuts

February 12, 2010 by  
Filed under BLOG, Mountain View

RPM is matchmaking community groups with Castro Elementary classrooms where teachers need the extra support.  With class sizes increasing at Title One schools (over 50% of students are at or below the poverty line) across California, community groups can partner with Reach Potential and low-income schools to make sure kids thrive and do not fall [...]

A Lunch Hour a Week Impacts Lives

August 7, 2009 by  
Filed under BLOG, Mentoring News, Sunnyvale

Another RP Mover showed up at Great Exchange Covenant Church one Sunday to find his pastor wearing an “Ask me why” nametag.  Taking the bait, he asked “why” and heard some sobering facts about youth drop-out rates in the heart of Silicon Valley (approx. 40% for Hispanic and African-American youth) and decided to volunteer with [...]