Short response: Charity

At my former high school, Perry Hall High, they have had for many years a program that provides mentoring for male African American underclassmen. Senior and junior males are suggested as mentors or mentees by their teachers based on their academic and extracurricular achievements. Like many of the clubs, programs, and sports in high school, this mentoring program is pitched to the schools administration. The people that start these programs are alums, parents, or students from the school. You have to determine who would act as your sponsor or adult supervision, the predicted budget, goals for the program, and location and times for the meetings.
I am starting a mentoring program for the girls of phhs. There are so many issues that girls face coming into high school, so I felt like having someone who is doing well doing well for themselves acting as a role model would be good for these girls. First, I had to undergo training from the head of the male mentoring program. He acted as my mentor by helping me choose a sponsor, write lesson plans to train my volunteers, and letting me sit in meetings where he trains his male volunteers.
Doing volunteer work like this is fun and you always take something from it. I learned lessons from the male mentors and hope my program for the ladies of phhs is just as successful.