By identifying YOUTH MENTORING, EDUCATION and ENRICHMENT programs that work, we help close the opportunity gap for children in underserved communities across Memphis.
Children need committed adults in their lives to help guide their growth and development. The Grizzlies Foundation and the Memphis community team up to increase the number of youth with access to quality mentors invested in preparing them for success in college, career and life.
Streets Ministries aims to engage, encourage and empower impoverished youth in some of Memphis’ toughest neighborhoods through a wide range of educational, athletic and mentor based programming.
Write On, Speak Out! is a Hattiloo Theatre poetry mentorship program for high school students in partnership with the Grizzlies Foundation that develops writing, creative and performance skills.
New Ballet’s Align Mentoring program focuses on matching middle-school aged students training at New Ballet School with a volunteer mentor, introducing students to the greater community through dance and mentorship.
As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers and children, ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country.
The TEAM Zoo Internship provides paid summer internship opportunities at the Memphis Zoo. Interns gain first-hand experience in operations, marketing, information technology and animal health and wellness.
TEAM2REACH is a collaborative partnership between the TEAM Mentor Program and REACH Memphis, established to create a guided path to personal and academic success beginning in seventh grade and continuing into college.