The City’s Anti-Gang Task Force’s P.O.W.E.R. (Peers on Their Way to Everlasting Rediscovery) male mentoring program began Tuesday, June 11, and for eight weeks, nine male teens will participate in mentoring, work experience, Work-It-Out sessions, and excursions.
City employees were paired as mentors with the teens and career planning for the teens was discussed during the first mentoring session held at City Hall. Teens also began their work experience by painting the red curbs at the Activities Center. The first week concluded with an excursion to Castaic Lake for lunch and team building.
Assistant City Manager Frank Oviedo (right) with a P.O.W.E.R. program participant.
The Anti- Gang Task Force’s POWER program is designed to provide high-risk adolescent males between the ages of 14-18 with support, guidance, work experience, and positive opportunities.
For more information about the Anti-Gang Task Force and the POWER program, visit Santa-Clarita.com.
The City of Santa Clarita’s Outreach and Neighborhood Services will host the 2015 Closing Ceremony for the City’s summer Mentoring Programs, Peers on the Way to Everlasting Recovery (POWER) and Girls Empowerment Mentorship (GEM), on Thursday, August 6, 2015 beginning 4:00 p.m. at the Santa Clarita Activities Center, located at…
The City of Santa Clarita’s Community Services Office will host the 2016 Closing Ceremony for the City’s summer Mentoring Programs, Peers on the Way to Everlasting Recovery (POWER) and Girls Empowerment and Mentorship (GEM) Program, on Thursday, Aug. 4, beginning at 4 p.m. at The Centre, 20880 Centre Pointe Parkway. The…
On August 1, eight teens completed the eight week Peers on the Way to Everlasting Rediscovery (POWER) Summer mentoring program. City Manager Ken Striplin and Assistant City Manager Frank Oviedo recognized the Summer POWER participants. For two months, the teens worked throughout the community painting red curbs at the Activities…
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