Mentoring - Guild Grandfathers Group

Grandfathers Group Mentoring Program: An intergenerational approach to mentoring young African American boys by helping them to enhance and develop a sense of honesty, personal integrity and self-awareness through examples set by senior African American male mentors who volunteer their time to help enhance and promote positive behavior patterns among young African American males whose fathers are absent from the home.  This approach to mentoring is designed to provide a supportive framework of empowerment, encouragement and esteem-building activities, focused on character building, education and life skills.  Each young boy or mentee who joins the program is matched with a senior male mentor to establish a one-on-one mentoring relationship.

Senior African American men, age 50 and over, served as “Grandfather” mentors, offering their life experiences, knowledge, instincts and abilities to help shape the character of African American boys ages 9-12. Senior mentors maintain at least four (4) monthly contacts with their mentee, including a minimum of two (2) face-to-face contacts designed to facilitate bonding and positive social interaction.