About Us
Our mission is simple… we are dedicated to providing and promoting the most effective mentoring services for vulnerable youth in King County.
Our Vision:
Building Healthy Communities
Our Mission:
Mentoring Services for Vulnerable Youth
Our Values:
Spiritual Leadership—The core foundation upon which we exist. Clergy support is paramount in providing the necessary grounding and guidance in our much needed daily work.
Community Support—they represent everything we strive to influence. Their encouragement and giving allow us to provide the critical mentoring and training services required to make the measurable difference … for the present and future!
Youth Development—Ensuring long-term life skills growth and independent strength…a tangible investment in our youth’s future.
Our Story:
We are a community-based organization committed to providing the very best mentoring support to vulnerable youth by enabling them to live and work at their highest possible potential.
Other Initiatives of 4C:
YMPC—Youth, Mentor, Parent, Community… a series of dinner seminars to enhance what a mentor/mentee relationship should be and put it in the context of the community. We have several objectives, including:
- Giving the youth, mentors and parents a chance to feel more at ease with one another
- Illustrating the point that mentoring is a collaborative partnership and that the mentor is not a stand-in parent
- Reaffirming the privacy of the mentor-mentee relationship such that the mentee feels free to discuss any problem without fear of repercussion
- Contextualizing the mentorship in a larger community
- Increasing the awareness of resources available for self-care, employment and community involvement
Mentor Sunday
In May 2000, an article appeared in the Seattle Medium announcing the first Mentoring Sunday– an initiative sponsored by the 4C Coalition Mentor Program. The 4C approach is bringing hope and success into a child’s life by sharing responsibility and accountability with the local church to mentor our youth. The first Mentor Sunday was held at Shiloh, Ebenezer AME., Liberty, Grace United Methodist, Goodwill, Skyway UMC, Freedom Missionary, and Peoples Institution. Since 2000, Mentor Sunday has taken place at over 100 churches across King County, and for 2 years, the 4C has received a Proclamation from the Mayor for making Mentor Sunday one of the most important and successful campaigns for the 4C.
Partnerships
National CARES Mentoring Movement combines the forces of nationally recognized individuals, such as Susan L. Taylor — NCMM founder and Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Essence magazine — who tirelessly promotes the call to service, along with a growing community of on-the-ground volunteers who have formed CARES Mentor-Recruitment Circles in 54 cities.
The 4C is a partner of:
National Cares Mentoring Movement
Seattle CARES Mentoring Movement