Mentorship program FosterSuccess21 looking for volunteer mentors to work with kids in sdu46 Project Access.
Fostering Success was founded last year by Danielle Valkner, a former CASA Kane County child advocate from St. Charles.
Fostering Success was initially going to focus on helping kids in the foster care system. But complications working with DCFS allowed it to shift focus to at-risk kids in the Project Access program of Elgin Area School District U-46. That program serves more than 1,000 homeless and displaced students in the district and works to ensure equal access to education and all programs while maintaining their dignity.
Mentors talk with their mentees by phone at least once a week and meet up with them a couple of times a month."It's very rewarding to help a kid that doesn't have anything like this in his life," he said. "We've been doing things he's never done before," he said."We gave him a big turkey at Thanksgiving, and he's never had a turkey in his life. He was just thrilled about being able to have a turkey dinner with his mom and sisters."
Fostering Success has also provided backpacks and school supplies for the mentees, as well as helped them with registration and transportation. The group has provided the kids with winter coats, food assistance and holiday gift cards. In one case, it assisted an 18-year-old who was evicted from a family member's house with emergency housing and rental assistance.
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