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WHY BECOME A BUSINESS CHAMPION?
Becoming a Business Champion with Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E., your company is building our vibrant community through economic development, charitable giving, employee volunteerism and partnerships.
• Working with Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. will provide great community involvement and an opportunity for employees to become involved in volunteerism by working with at-risk students.

• Becoming a Business Champion requires a very minimal time commitment.

• Working with Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. increases public relations and a general feeling of goodwill toward your company.

• A business champion is a company that gets to work with a mentor and student team to engage in a meaningful Business Research project. This short commitment of once a week for 4 weeks, provides the opportunity for a career shadow at the end of the 9 weeks and 3 phone calls during the day with the student and mentor.

• You will give a high school student the chance to learn about your company and your position, by showing them what skills are needed and what options can be available to them after college.

• You can influence an at-risk high school student and show them the power of a college education and motivate them to see why it is important to achieve their degree.

• Host a Career Shadow at your place of employment for the student and their mentor or C.H.O.I.C.E. Program Staff, during the final week of this project, which will include a short presentation developed by the student.

• What do you do? Have 3 conversations over the phone or in person with the student and their mentor. And 1 in person meeting, which is the Career Shadow!

• You can work with an at risk high school student who has the motivation and drive to learn real job skills and is working very hard to go to college.

• The skills and learnings during the 9 week Research a Business project is a major catalyst into the next week project where the student and mentor work together in the Create Your Own Business Project.

• The opportunity to become a Business Champion, allows for growth and development in the students and their mentors. Together we are opening possibilities for less fortunate students.
**The questions and information the students will ask you, will be provided to you beforehand.**
OVERVIEW OF THE “RESEARCH A BUSINESS” PROJECT

Week 1: “Research the Business”- Student uses the research questions provided to obtain information.
Week 2: “Job Skills Interview”- Student calls Business Champion and asks questions related to what job skills are needed in their position. Questions are provided a week in advance to Business Champion.
Week 3: “Evaluate Your Business Strengths”- Student identifies and lists their abilities and skills.
Week 4: “What are your greatest challenges right now?”- Student will call Business Champion and ask questions regarding how to handle conflict and challenges in the workplace. Questions are provided a week in advance to Business Champion.
Week 5: “Mock Interview”- Business Champion interviews the student over the phone or in person. Business Champion will receive the questions a week in advance.
Week 6: “How to Overcome Challenges”- Utilizing a SWOT analysis, student will include this in their Career Shadow Presentation.
Week 7: “Preparation for Presentation”-Create presentation that will be given to company representative at career shadow day.
Week 8: “Preparation for Presentation”- Continued.
Week 9: “Career Shadow & Student Presentation”- Half day Career Shadow at Business Champion’s office, the student gets to present a powerpoint and see a day in the life of their Business Champion’s career.

**The weeks in bold are the 4 weeks we are asking for your commitment to work with the students and mentor. You have the choice to have the first 3 conversations in person or over the phone.**

C.H.O.I.C.E. Business Champion Agreement
Your Commitment:
• Weeks 2, 4, 5, & 9 you work with the student and mentor. If you would like to work with them more often, that is completely up to you.
• A phone call or an in-person meeting at the student’s school during weeks 2, 4, & 5.
• Provide the student and their mentor the opportunity to participate in a career shadow at your office the final week of their project and delight in a short Business Research Presentation given by the student and their mentor!
• Allow, if possible, Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. to use your corporate logo to promote your involvement and positive influential partnership.

Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. Staff will communicate with you and coordinate all meetings in person and over the phone between you and the mentor. Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. will provide you with your student’s name and pertinent information to ensure everyone’s success. We make it as simple as possible for you!


By serving at risk youth through a one-to-one mentoring program, Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. creates opportunities for a college education through professionally supported relationships, inspiring the student to make positive choices for their future.

The Foundation for C.H.O.I.C.E. provides direction to at-risk students beginning in their junior and senior years of high school and continuing through their college careers and graduation to support them in successfully navigating the transition into early adulthood and establishing a path toward reaching their potential. The agency creates a framework for success by matching underprivileged students with a volunteer mentor for a one-on-one relationship that lasts 27 weeks during each school year.

Opportunity Details

Being a CHOICE Mentor…
…means changing a life. It means representing Foundation for C.H.O.I.C.E. at a local school, where you’ll volunteer your time to one at-risk, high school student for one whole school year. You’ll establish and uphold a continuing relationship with your mentee, including weekly meetings at their school and participation in the supplemental program guide provided by Foundation for C.H.O.I.C.E. The overarching goal is to secure college entry for your mentee and to show that, with the proper guidance, it’s possible for disadvantaged students to take the next step toward a better future.

A Great C.H.O.I.C.E. mentor…
• Possesses good listening skills
• Is responsible, dependable, considerate, and optimistic
• Has the ability to show their student new opportunities and challenges and provide them the inspiration to realize their dreams and goals
• Not only spends time with their student, but also invests in their lives by helping them achieve personal and career goals

Responsible Mentoring…
• Is a structured, one-on-one relationship and partnership that focuses on the needs of the student
• Follows the C.H.O.I.C.E. Curriculum that is provided weekly
• Fosters caring and supporting relationships
• Encourages students to develop and reach their fullest potential
• Helps students develop their own vision for the future
• Is a strategy to develop active community partnerships

C.H.O.I.C.E. mentors must…
• Be at least 21 years of age
• Be a college graduate or currently enrolled (exceptions can be made for certain experience levels)
• Complete a mentor application and interview
• Pass a background and reference check
• Submit a copy of their driver’s license
• Complete three hours of mentor training
• Commit to a mentee for a minimum of one year with the goal of educated your student towards the option of college, including attending at least one optional Career Shadow outing, supervising one entrepreneurial project, and meeting with the student for at least one hour per week for an entire school year.
• Follow the proven C.H.O.I.C.E. Curriculum each week they meet with their mentee
• Understand the correlation and importance of why our method is proven and offers the student real success



Mentor Duties and Responsibilities:
• Encourage your student to stay in school and plan for the future
• Use non-threatening, neutral content to begin and build a relationship with your student
• Reinforce the importance of having a job throughout your student’s high school career
• Help your student with job applications and mock interviews with our Research a Business project
• Reinforce to your student the importance of the SAT, ACT, and PSAT (our students typically are able to take these exams for free based on their income levels)
• Reinforce to your student the importance of college applications (each senior will receive 4 college application fee waivers to cover costs)
• Approximately once per week over the course of the school year, participate in an hour- long face-to-face meeting with your student
• Provide Mentor Meeting Evaluation Form once a week to C.H.O.I.C.E. Program Staff
• Receive ongoing feedback, support, advice, problem solving opportunities, and training from Foundation For C.H.O.I.C.E. representative
• Do everything within your power to achieve all benchmarks and goals set forth for student success
• Inform the school and C.H.O.I.C.E. of any misconduct, concerns, or any other issues that may arise
• Utilize the proven C.H.O.I.C.E. Curriculum every meeting to enable student success and ensure consistency and accuracy of measurable results
• Consent to a background check by C.H.O.I.C.E. and your student’s school(s).
• Adhere to the proven method of mentoring that C.H.O.I.C.E. has established. Follow the weekly guides and encourage your mentee to follow through with their commitment to the program


We will match qualified mentors with their mentees based on all information gathered by all parties.

Are you ready to make a difference? For more information about our mentorship program or how to get involved, please contact jessica.bartnick@foundationforchoice.org or 214-442-1669

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Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	10	n/a	n/a

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General	10	n/a	n/a

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Available Shifts

Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	5	n/a	n/a

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Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
General	no limit	n/a	n/a

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Shift Name	Signup Max	Start	End
Registration/Raffles	no limit	n/a	n/a

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First Shift	5	n/a	n/a
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