The Rasheed A. Wallace Foundation | Community Involvement

Committed Partners for Youth

Blazers Forward Rasheed Wallace is urging the Portland community to give their time as a mentor for troubled youth through Committee Partners for Youth (CPY), a specialized program that pairs adults with teens ages 13-14.

Wallace last year completed a public service announcement for the CPY program, asking the public to make a commitment to the program by serving as a mentor. The PSA features music composed by Wallace and was distributed to radio stations throughout the metro area.

This fall, CPY launched its sixth year of working with highly at-risk eighth graders from three southeast Portland Middle Schools. While it is past the date for accepting new mentors, the program is always urgently seeking volunteers to help in any capacity throughout the year. In Portland, one in four youth drop out of high school and a significant number of eighth graders never even make it into high school. The youth served by CPY have been identified as "one foot out the door."

In working with schools, families and youth over the last six years, the CPY program has become known for its success assisting particularly challenged teens. Every volunteer has extensive training which started in late September.

Please call 731-8797 if you would like more information about any volunteer opportunities. Thanks to Rasheed for his time and efforts to aid CPY this year!

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