PATHWAYS! January 2024
Happy 35th Birthday, New Pathways for Youth
This year, New Pathways for Youth is celebrating our 35th anniversary. We’ll be celebrating our big birthday all throughout 2024, starting with our Stories of Transformation Breakfast in March.
Since our founding in 1989, we’re proud to have accomplished the following:
- Hosted 80 program Launches.
- Facilitated 864 Power Ups.
- Worked with over 10,000 donors.
- Fundraised over $45 million.
- $3.6 million raised at our Annual Breakfast.
- Over $2.5 million raised from our signature Third-party Events.
- Trout Camp raised $450,000.
- ARCA raised $250,000.
- Dave Trout Golf raised $300,000.
- Support Sky Harbor raised $850,000.
- Partnered with 198 Schools.
- Over 400 students from Camelback High School.
- Over 200 students from Carl Hayden High School.
- Engaged over 8,000 volunteers.
- Developed relationships with 213 partner organizations.
- Grew our program team from 4 staff members to 18 dedicated individuals.
- Served over 8,000 youth in our community.
- Transformed over 16,000 lives.
Thank you to our partners, sponsors, staff, volunteers, mentors, youth, and community members who have helped NPFY transform the lives of youth for 35 incredible years. We are so excited to celebrate this major milestone with all of you!
New Year, New You?
2024 is upon us! With a brand new year ahead, we invite anyone who has been considering mentoring to make 2024 a year of transformation.
By becoming a Level Up mentor, you’ll not only transform the life of a young person in your community – you’ll transform your own. You’ll have the opportunity to help youth facing poverty and 3x the adversity of their peers find the support, stability, and skills they need to flourish – all the while, learning and growing alongside them.
Our mentors create remarkable outcomes for our youth – from improved mental health and personal wellness to academic success and greater high school graduation rates. As a Level Up mentor, you will help give teens the tools and resources to not only achieve safe, healthy lives, but find fulfilling career paths, seize new opportunities, and enhance their relationships with their families, peers, and all those around them.
And you won’t do it alone. We’ll provide you with the support you need to learn and grow alongside your youth. With the support of your fellow mentors and the entire New Pathways team, you’ll learn skills and form bonds that will last for a lifetime.
If you’d like to learn more about becoming a Level Up mentor, sign up to attend a virtual mentor introduction session to get started!
Readying Youth for College & Careers
Starting this month, we’ll be hosting monthly college and career readiness sessions for our Level Up youth. These are hour-long sessions on Saturdays at noon that take place after Power Ups and help prepare youth for success beyond high school. Each session is done in a “Lunch and Learn” style, so matches will be able to eat lunch with their mentor while learning about a different, fundamental topic on college or career readiness, such as building cover letters and resumes or choosing your major.
If you are interested in sponsoring a session, either as a financial sponsor or a session facilitator, please reach out to npfyprograms@npfy.org.
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Upcoming Events
Mentor Introduction Sessions | Multiple Dates
Learn all about the youth we serve, our program, and how we support mentors, along with the screening & commitment requirements and next steps.
Virtual: every Tuesday at 6:15 p.m. and every Friday at 12 p.m.
Stories of Transformation Breakfast | March 28, 2024 | 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
The Stories of Transformation Breakfast is an annual fundraising event that brings together community members who are passionate about creating positive change for our youth. Reserve your seat or become a table host below!