PAL MENTORSHIP

PAL delivers an after-school mentoring program on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. at our Phil Carr Mentoring Center.

Young people aged 11-17 years old come to the PAL Center for a fun, safe, and productive environment. Through physical activity, help with homework, and several other organized activities, PAL mentors are able to provide essential mental, emotional, and psychological support to our inner-city youth.

For more information on our mentoring program, please contact our Mentor Coordinator, Jeremy Bryant. 

MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS

The Youth Business Leadership Academy

Co-sponsored by P.A.L., OK Respond, Oklahoma ERAP, and the University of Oklahoma, YBLA is a program designed to assist mentees in learning business acumen, gaining entrepreneurial skills, and product development.

Taught by Oklahoma City Police Department officers Tyler Larson and Mike Rogers, Guitar Club allows mentees to get hands-on instructional guitar lessons and build their levels from beginner, intermediate, to experienced.

Guitar Club

Mentees learn the game of chess from our coach Joe Veal, well-respected in the Oklahoma chess community. Our mentees are given instructions to improve their game and progress to a higher level to compete in the many events we participate in on a local, state and national level. The mentees are chaperoned at every event by Oklahoma
City Police Department officers.

Chess Club

Mentees learn the game of BotBall, where students explore the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through robotics. Our club provides a
dynamic environment where creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork come together to design, build, and program robots for various challenges and competitions. All curriculum and equipment for BotBall is provided by the Kiss Institute for Practical Robotics.

STEM Club

WHY MENTORSHIP MATTERS

Students who meet with mentors are 52% less likely to skip school. Young adults with mentors are 55% more likely to enroll in college. 

Youth with mentors are 46% less likely to start using illegal drugs and 27% less likely to start drinking. 

58% of young people say their mentor has helped with their mental health. 

Two-thirds of U.S. young adults ages 18 to 21 said there were times grow­ing up when they did not have a men­tor but wished they had one for guid­ance and sup­port.