Give an hour. Change a trajectory.
You don’t need to be a teacher. You need a job a teen has never seen up close, and two hours a month. We handle the rest — curriculum, scheduling, and training included.
All mentors background-checked before student contact · Training provided · Curriculum provided · Read our safeguarding policy ↗
Four ways in, sized by the hour.
Start with the time you actually have. We’ll match you to a program after we talk.
Career chat panelist
Show up to one panel per quarter. Tell teens how you actually got your job — wrong turns included.
Start here1:1 STEM mentor
Paired with one teen for the school year. Build sessions, college essay reads, the occasional coffee.
Start hereBuild-night lead
Run a robotics or circuits session every other Thursday. We give you the full curriculum.
Start hereTour host
Open your lab, hospital, studio, or shop for a 90-minute teen tour. One afternoon, lasting impression.
Start here[Bracketed spot counts are illustrative — pull real openings from the volunteer coordinator each semester. A live number is a powerful nudge; a fake one is a broken promise.]
Four steps. About two weeks.
A 15-minute chat about your skills, schedule, and which role fits. Within two business days.
Required for every role with student contact. We cover the cost; it takes about a week.
90 minutes — how our programs run, safeguarding rules, and what great mentoring looks like here.
First session shadowed by staff. After that, you're part of the family.
I have learned how to actually engage and work with parents and kids, and talk in front of a group of people.
Mr. Lamkin gave me a chance to gain knowledge about FTC — a smaller version of First Robotics — that I would have never known about without his help.
Two minutes now, two hours a month later.
Tell us your time and your skill. Program matching happens in the follow-up call — you don’t need to know our pillars to start.
Employers: many companies sponsor volunteer hours or match them with grants. Ask us about group volunteering days for your team.
Volunteer interest form
Fund the work instead.
$25 puts a STEAM kit in a student’s hands. $135 sends one on a college tour.