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Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development - Religious Leadership
Mission: Teens to teens provides a sense of hope and relief to struggling teens and young adults by forging friendships based in faith, guiding them to make healthy choices through mental health education and peer mentoring programs.
Programs: Mentor training retreats: our mentors are trained to identify issues within their schools and support, not counsel, peers who might be afraid to ask for help. Bi-annual weekend training retreats open to students of partnering schools, deepen spirituality and provide extensive training about developing relationships, appropriate boundaries, and mental health issues to ensure mentors have something substantial to offer peers in need. We reached approximately 3,000 teens in 2013 with a combination of school presentations and retreats.
school presentations: speakers present on topics such as authentic friendships, accountability, and self-worth. We reached approximately 3,000 teens in 2013 with a combination of school presentations and retreats.
video and blog series: a weekly video and blog series includes testimonies of teens' personal struggles and triumphs and celebrity interviews including mike matheny,mananger of the st. Louis cardinals, and matt maher, christian musician. Our video and blog series are meant to inspire and offer a sense of hope and relief to struggling teens.
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