President's Appeal

Will you be an Ambassador of Hope?

Faith Network relies on contributions from supporters like YOU so we can

• offer one-on-one tutoring support to struggling second-grade readers;
• introduce inner city kids to the world of Science Technology Engineering and Math;
• provide low-income high schoolers with a workplace internship under the guidance of a personal mentor;
• follow students forward toward high school graduation and higher education. 

If you can contribute monthly, become an Ambassador of Hope today!

Click on this Donate link and under Donation Frequency, select Monthly. You can also call our office at (510) 836-5100.

Your monthly investment will allow Faith Network to recruit and support more of our most important resource: volunteers. Our caring volunteers give undivided, personal attention to an individual student – week after week throughout the school year. One tutor, one child, infinite possibilities. Help us make a difference!

For the children,
Randy

Calling All Mentors

Lanny and Jared,
mentor and mentee

What was it like for you to transition from high school to young adulthood?

Things that may seem easy or straightforward to you now (researching colleges, applying for jobs, buying a car, choosing a major, etc...) are new and often daunting ventures for high school students.

We invite you to help students tackle career path decisions and learn to be young professionals. Being a CareerBridge mentor means a 12-week commitment over the spring and summer during which you reach out to your mentee for at least 1 hour a week. We will provide you with training and guidance.

For more information or to sign up, contact

Margena Wade-Green at margena@faith-network.com

or call Faith Network at 510-836-5100.

Learning Dollars and Sense

by Randy Roth, president of Faith Network

For the third year in a row, PwC consultants are engaging third- thru fifth-graders in dollars-and-cents matters. This year, three elementary schools in West Oakland-- Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK), Hoover, and Prescott-- have welcomed PwC’s Earn Your Future financial literacy curriculum. Lessons include identity theft, creditworthiness, saving & investing, income, and careers.

Instead of lecturing, the PwC Earn Your Future team involves students in roleplay, which uses critical thinking skills in practical real-life applications. For example in one lesson, each student in the class plays the role of borrower or lender. Student A lends his favorite CD to Student B who promises to “return it tomorrow.” When Student A next asks Student B for his CD, Student B responds, “Sorry, I lost it.” A PwC volunteer prompts the entire class, “Will Student A ever lend again to Student B? Is he creditworthy?” Unanimously, everyone shouts, “No!”

Then students are invited to play it forward: When the time comes to borrow money to buy a computer, a car or a house, will you be creditworthy?
The impact is twofold. Not only do the students learn important life skills, but they also get to rub shoulders with amazing role models.