I was truly my pleasure to sit down for this Everyday Heroes Kandid Spotlight with Yaniece Spencer & Rafiah Hickson, Co-Founders of B.O.S.S. Mentoring Inc., a community-based program in Camden, New Jersey.
Childhood friends, Yaniece & Rafiah, founded B.O.S.S. Mentoring in 2017 to fill the void in services for young boys/adolescents.
B.O.S.S., is an acronym for “Boys Of Sustainable Strength” and the mission of the program is to educate and support young men by providing workshops, life skills and career development through individual and group mentoring.
The program currently serves boys aged 8-18 in Camden City & Camden County through weekly group and individual mentoring using a group of dedicated male volunteer mentors.
This amazing program is based on 5 focus areas:
- Physical and mental health awareness
- Life skills
- Financial literacy
- Cultural competency
Marian Wright Edelman said. "Service is, the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time,” and these two young ladies and the program they created are the literal embodiment of that quote.
If you’re interested in becoming a mentor, a volunteer, doing some type of activity with the program participants or to donate, you can visit their website or any of their social media pages below:
https://mobile.twitter.com/bossmentoringnj
https://www.instagram.com/bossmentoringnj/
https://www.facebook.com/BOSSMentoringNJ/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/b-o-s-s-mentoring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XukGe5tLY_8
To contact them for more information:
Email: mailto:info@bossmentoring.org
B.O.S.S. Mentoring is a 501c3 non-profit and all donations are tax deductible!
Intro: “Welcome to the Kandid Shop” by BUSS_TE (Anthony Nelson)
Outro: “Boys To Men” by New Edition
Intro Music by: Anthony Nelson aka BUSS
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/buss/252316338
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