Helping Any Way We Can

H.A.W.W.C Helping Any Way We Can Nonprofit Organization providing mentoring programs for middle and high school youth in the Petersburg, Colonial Heights  and Hopewell Virginia area. The program will form a partnership with local  school districts and the juvenile court system. H.A.W.W.C Helping Any Way We Can Nonprofit Organization’s goals is to foster a commitment to young people that will promote prosocial friendships, strong interpersonal skills and reassert a sense of hope in the future. Only through personal relationships can a sense of individual responsibility be reestablished that will give youth the commitment to follow through on the path of adulthood with a sense of pride and accomplishment.

Through repeated failures in the classroom and the development of destructive habits, at-risk young people have lost faith in the possibilities that await them if they are successful in putting their lives together. To accomplish this goal, young people must be in a caring inclusive learning environment that promotes their best effort and reinforce personal respect.

H.A.W.W.C is a program that is in direct response to the growing number of young people that are falling through the cracks at school or are already entangled with the juvenile court system. The goal of the program is to identify youths  who are going to have turbulent transition to adulthood and offer a positive support system to avoid the pitfalls that can derail their lives. The focus is slightly different at each level but the goal remains the same. Empowering the young person to make positive changes in his/her life.

H.A.W.W.C mentoring program will pair a youth with a mentor for 12 months. During that time the two will participate in weekly planned activities to strengthen the relationship between the two and improve the young person’s confidence and hopefulness. Mentors will receive continuous training throughout the year and will participate in monthly meetings to report the young persons progress. Over time H.A.W.W.C will create a learning environment that will be an invaluable resource to young people, aspiring mentors and the community at large.  persons progress. Over time H.A.W.W.C will create a learning environment that will be an invaluable resource to young people, aspiring mentors and the community at large.