AGAPE
Community Center
Ginger Kaney Mentoring Institute
Ginger Kaney Mentoring Institute
Goal: To assist high school juniors and seniors in developing an individualized career plan before graduating from high school.
Number of participants: 25
Program Schedule: Ongoing
Location: Agape Community Center
Program Components:
* Mentoring
* Speaker Series
* SAT/ACT Exam Preparation
* College and University Tours
* InternshipsThe Agape Center has added an important new dimension: the Ginger Kaney Mentoring Institute. It targets ninth through twelfth graders from the Bolton Road neighborhood. Unfortunately, many students drop out of high school and are left unprepared for the future. Of those who stay in school, very few receive the guidance they need to make informed college or career decisions. It is these issues that the Ginger Kaney Mentoring Institute, working closely with the North Atlanta High School counseling staff, seeks to address.
Ginger Kaney was Trinity's Director of Missions when the vision of a community center in the Bolton Road area was being realized. Ginger had a passion for urban ministry and was the guiding spirit in bringing Agape to fruition. She died in 2006. Her family wanted her memory to be perpetuated through a program which would “build community and empower individuals,” and they directed that her memorial fund be used to establish the Ginger Kaney Mentoring Institute.
The first goal of the Institute is to help students pass the Georgia High School Graduation Test, a graduation requirement. If a student is interested in college, the mentor will help him/her prepare for the SAT, identify scholarship opportunities, visit colleges and submit applications. For students not college bound, mentors will help them identify career options, training requirements, and avenues for becoming certified in a trade, internships and on-the-job training. All students will be given a Career Assessment evaluation to help them discover areas of interest and to identify skills requirements.
