KidStart - Mentoring for Children and Youth
Child Services and Youth Services
Provided by John Howard Society - North Island
Community-based mentoring services for children and youth ages 6-12, delivered by carefully screened and trained volunteers.
John Howard KidStart recruits and trains nurturing adult role models to mentor local children and youth. Through the gift of time, volunteer mentors help kids thrive in the communities that they both call home.
KidStart is a positive, meaningful mentoring program. The mentor and buddy relationship is a recreationally-based friendship that connects caring adults one-to-one with kids aged 6 to 12. Research supports the idea that the three-hour per week commitment by our volunteers leads to kids having a better chance of reaching their potential. Many matches continue into the teen years.
Offered in Campbell River and the Comox Valley.
250-338-7341 (Program Manager) ext. 324
Public email: Angie.Prescott@jhsni.bc.ca
Website: https://www.jhsni.bc.ca/kidstart
250-203-3111 (Campbell River)
Public email: Jesse.Herbach@jhsni.bc.ca
140 10th Avenue, Campbell River, British Columbia, V9W 4E3
250-898-4842 (Comox Valley)
Public email: Rae.Jampole@jhsni.bc.ca
575 10th Street, Comox, British Columbia, V9N 1P9
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Social worker referral
- School personnel referral
- Probation officer; and other Child care professional referrals
Referral Forms
Associated Programs/Services
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- Child and Youth Mental Health Outreach - Support for families whose children require intensive intervention strategies - Courtenay
- Youth & Family Substance Use Services
Availability
Service area: Campbell River, Courtenay + show cities
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at multiple locations
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