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 Center and Central Park, preparing 25 additional garden plots at the Community Garden, and leveling and clearing brush from local trails as part of the work-experience component.
Throughout the program, City employees mentored participants and served as role models providing input on career planning, networking, professionalism, and managing responsibilities. Teens surveyed after the program stated they felt they had improved in the areas of making right choices, respecting authority, confidence, and said they would refer the program to other teens.
For more information about the POWER Mentor Program, contact Community Center Supervisor Julie Calderon at (661) 286-4006 or visit Santa-Clarita.com. (Click images to enlarge.)
City's Mentor Program Teens Perform Service Work
