SAVE OUR YOUTH INC
3443 WEST 23RD AVENUE, DENVER, CO 80211 www.saveouryouth.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: SAVE OUR YOUTH SERVES YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DISCONNECTED FROM COMMUNITY AND THE PRESENCE OF A HEALTHY ROLE MODEL. THE YOUTH WE SERVE FACE RISK FACTORS SUCH AS LIVING IN POVERTY, STRUGGLE WITH ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION, LIVE IN AN UNSTABLE HOME ENVIRONMENT WHERE PARENTS ARE ABSENT OR YOUTH ARE EXPOSED TO EXCESSIVE DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE, OR HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS INCARCERATED.

SAVE OUR YOUTH SERVES YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE DISCONNECTED FROM COMMUNITY AND THE PRESENCE OF A HEALTHY ROLE MODEL. THE YOUTH WE SERVE FACE RISK FACTORS SUCH AS LIVING IN POVERTY, AND OTHER STRUGGLES.

WHEN A YOUNG PERSON HAS A MENTOR THEY ARE 55% MORE LIKELY TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE, 52% LESS LIKELY TO SKIP SCHOOL, 78% MORE LIKELY TO VOLUNTEER REGULARLY, AND 130% MORE LIKELY TO HOLD LEADERSHIP POSITIONS (SOURCE: MENTOR.ORG). "EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN QUALITY YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAMS YIELDS A 3 RETURN IN BENEFITS TO SOCIETY" (THE MENTORING EFFECT, 2014). IN 2019 SAVE OUR YOUTH SERVED 298 YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH A ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS AND CELEBRATED A 100% GRADUATION RATE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. SAVE OUR YOUTH TAKES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO MENTORING, ENSURING THAT YOUTH ARE SUPPORTED EMOTIONALLY AND ACADEMICALLY AND THAT YOUTH ARE CONNECTED TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED FOR FUTURE SUCCESS.

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