FFSCM Speed Mentors at Chuck E. Cheese!

This past Saturday, February 26, our new mentors and mentees met up once more at Chuck E. Cheese for three rounds of Speed Mentoring! Mentors and mentees matched off, and spent time shooting free-throws, playing skee-ball, and winning tickets at various games throughout the late morning and early afternoon. After playing games, mentors and mentees sat down together, asking and answering questions like the ones below!

Describe your ideal day with a mentor. What would you want to do?

Go to the beach - Isaiah, Age 7

Go out to eat and talk - Ny'Breya, Age 12

What is something you're good at?

Drawing - Hilary, Age 8

Football - Robert, Age 8

Mentors will be notified of their matches at their upcoming Match Meeting, and thus concludes our first Kick Off of 2011! As always, much credit is due to our amazing mentors, who will have an incredible impact on their mentees' lives over the course of the next year. And much love to Program Staff, for ensuring a great event for all our kids and mentors!  

Ready... Set... Kick Off!

On Saturday, February 12, Foundation for Second Chances Mentoring (FFSCM) launched its first round of mentorship at La Cienega Park! It was a beautiful day in Beverly Hills, and our mentors and families arrived with an appetite for healthy competition, and not to mention a delicious potluck lunch.

From the Name Game to the Final Relay Race, teams got to know one another and work together in order to send their Mummies through the finish line, morph themselves into Rocks and Caterpillars, tie balloons in a line with one hand, and share pieces of themselves while munching on M&M's.

A preview of more pictures coming soon!

SCMP Hits the Ice!

On Saturday, January 29, SCMP hosted its monthly group outing at ICE at Santa Monica, an outdoor skating rink just a block away from the 3rd Street Promenade! It was a beautiful sunny afternoon gliding (...and a little tumbling!) across the ice, with over 20 mentors and mentees in attendance.

Forming a Second Chances Train at ICE!

Juan and Seth striking a pose

 As always, it was wonderful seeing everyone together, and we can't wait to see you again next month!