Pontiac Boys and Girls Club seeks mentors

Posted on October 28, 2017

By Cynthia Grau

PONTIAC – The Boys and Girls Club of Livingston County is looking for volunteers for an upcoming mentoring program happening at its facility.

Jody Martin, interim CEO of both the Livingston County and Prairie Central clubs, said this will be a commitment to training one hour a week for 13 weeks, starting toward the beginning of November. Martin says the After School Alliance initiated the program with their Lights on After School.

“That’s to draw attention to the many ways after school programs support students by offering students to learn new things,” Martin said. “We’re going to kick off STEM activities. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and mathematics, whereas STEAM is adding the arts in it.”

For more information, call the club at 842-3089.

Cynthia Grau can be reached at [email protected].

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