Friends for Youth

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Mentorships spend the day restoring habitats at the SF Zoo

Thanks to an in-kind donation, Friends For Youth has its own race car! Come watch the race July 9th at 5pm at the Petaluma Speedway!

One of our mentees, her brother & friend

3460 W Bayshore Rd Ste 203

Palo Alto, CA 94303

+1 (650) 368-4444

http://www.friendsforyouth.org

History

Friends for Youth has been serving at-risk youth residing in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties since 1979. Our program creates and supports friendships between youth-in-need and caring adults. All it takes is the willingness to listen and be a friend. To find out more about our program, visit us on the web at www.friendsforyouth.org. If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please call our mentor hotline at 650-482-2867 or email us at mentor@friendsforyouth.org. After 30 years, Friends for Youth represents the gold standard in the mentoring field. Mentoring programs throughout the country have requested technical assistance in setting up and enhancing their own mentoring programs.

Specialties

Serving youth-in-need throughout the San Francisco Peninsula, our mentoring program matches youth with adult volunteers. The youth in our program are referred by teachers, counselors, and youth service experts. Our youth are

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Reviews

4.523 reviews

Beth M.

12/6/2017

I have been a mentor with Friends for Youth for two years. The program is very well organized and the program's leaders are strong people who genuinely care about providing additional support to...

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Christine A.

11/9/2021

I have been a mentor with Friends for Youth since 2013. I chose this organization over other similar programs because of their excellent screening/training/matching process and required level of...

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Kurt H.

5/27/2021

FFY is a fantastic organization that has so much positive impact on youth development through mentorship programs. The staff has relentless passion for the mission.

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Kiki C.

1/4/2021

FFY is dedicated to their mission and taking care of the volunteers and mentees. It's been a pleasure to be associated with the organization for years now. I've seen how these mentorships change...

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Cece C.

1/4/2021

Love this organization and how much they do with such a small, but incredibly intentional staff. They really do take care of you and are super safe in their screening of mentors. FFY also puts a...

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