J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated Volunteer and Mentor Application
Our Mission: To educate, empower, and transform minority male youth into positive change agents and leaders within their community and beyond.
Mentor & Volunteer Information
J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated is always looking for volunteers/mentors to join ourprogram and work with our youth. Where we know that volunteering may not be your full-timeposition, it is very important that you are able to fully commit yourself before getting involved.CONSISTENCY is one of the most important aspects of this program.
Please see below for some expectations of volunteers/mentors:
- Complete all J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated volunteer/mentoring training.- Commit to at least two activities per month during the fiscal year; Activities/events caninclude, but is not limited to the following; Saturday events, workshops, community serviceprojects, extra-curricular activities, guest speaking engagements, earned-incentive activities,field trips, fundraising events.- Complete a background check, and any additional standard procedures needed towardsworking with youth. (There may be a charge for your background check.)- If you are concerned about any flags on your background check, please feel free to discuss thiswith J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated designee ahead of time. We understand thatmistakes may have been made in the past and this may not necessarily prevent you fromvolunteering with our program.
Benefits towards being a volunteer/mentor with J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated are:
- Giving back to the community- Being encouraging and supportive; showing how passions can be turned into success- Providing our youth members with positive examples of what success can look like- Providing a safe, trusting environment for our youth members to express themselves- Assistance with teaching life and soft skills, and character development skills to the youthmembers
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Media Release Form
J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated wants to showcase what we do with the young malesin our program. We need your assistance to be able to do this. Please read below, sign anddate:
I authorize J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated to photograph me, take video footage ofme, and make electronic sound recordings of me.
I authorize the use of photography or electronic reproductions of me for any purpose,including but not limited to educational and other public media purposes deemedappropriate by J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated.
BY SIGNING THIS FORM, I AGREE TO THESE ABOVE-MENTIONED TERM
By signing below, you are giving permission to J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated toinvestigate and contact anyone of interest, who is appropriate, to verify the informationcontained in this application. You voluntarily and knowingly waive all liability against all personsproviding and obtaining information for J&J Leadership Academy Incorporated, concerning yourapplication. By signing below, you also understand that this application does not create acontract or employment relationship, nor a guarantee to be selected as a volunteer/mentor forJ&J Leadership Academy Incorporated. You also understand that any intentional falsification offact on this application can result in refusal of or separation from volunteer service.