Our mentoring programs vary in structure, though the standard minimum requirements for mentors include an application, criminal background check, and the ability to commit for at least one hour, once a week, for one year.

Mentoring takes many forms:

• one-to-one mentoring or group mentoring
• on-site or community-based mentoring
• academic or activity-based mentoring
• elementary, middle school, or high school mentoring

At the heart of all the AMP programs lies a common belief that mentoring positively impacts youth development, and that every child in the city of Alexandria who needs a mentor should have one.

Information about each of our programs is below.  Click on the titles to visit their websites.

Casa Chirilagua focuses on using the power of relational bridge building to holistically transform communities. A Christian non-profit based in the Latino neighborhood of Chirilagua/Arlandria which boosts confidence in academic skills and improves students' well-being.  Serves 1st to 8th graders.

Community Lodgings offers group mentoring in a safe, supportive, creative, and fun environment where students learn life skills, conflict resolution, and boundary-setting. Serves middle school students on Monday evenings for 1.5 hours at one of the Community Lodgings sites. 

Space of Her Own (SOHO) helps girls from under-resourced communities live healthfully, communicate openly, make good decisions, progress academically, and give back to others. Through one-on-one mentoring in a group setting, and visual arts, carpentry, and life skills classes, youth transform their bedrooms/sleeping spaces and build bright futures. Serves two different groups of 5th grade girls one on Tuesdays and the other on Wednesdays from 5:30-8:00. Mentors provide ongoing support throughout the middle school years. 

Wright to Read provides volunteer-based one-on-one sustained literacy tutoring & mentoring relationships, and collaborates with families, schools and community partners to create a comprehensive support network that guides each child to success. Serves 1st to 5th graders (mentors keep cases beyond), meets at local libraries, for 1 hour a week, either after school, evening or weekend.

The Spitfire Club Is an extracurricular book club built around a collection of children's literature featuring strong, diverse, female protagonists. By creating demand for and building an inclusive community around diverse girl-positive books, The Spitfire Club enhances literacy and social-emotional skills, nurturing each Spitfire's love of reading, love of self, and love for Spitfires across all communities Serves 5th-8th graders.

Alexandria Tutoring Consortium Helps children learn to read.  Each volunteer works one-on-one with a struggling reader, October - May, during the school day, with customized lesson plans and lots of training and ongoing support. Serves kindergarteners, 1st and 2nd graders.

4-H Alexandria Empower youths to develop their leadership, community service, and life skills by working with dedicated and caring volunteers through a “learn by doing” approach backed by Virginia Tech and Virginia State researchers. Serves K-12th graders.

The Dream Project Empowers students whose immigration status creates barriers to higher education by working with them to succeed in college through scholarships, mentoring, family engagement, and advocacy. Serves 9th-12th graders.

GoPursue empowers the future workforce by connecting students to careers and vice versa.  Our app is designed for students, by students, to help them find the right careers and network with professionals. With minority representation at the center of our mission, we ensure students have role models in every industry. Together, through personal connections and awareness, we can change the landscape of the talent pipeline to be more diverse and inclusive than ever before.  

Building Better Futures is a dedicated after-school program focused on college & career readiness; our goal is to remove obstacles students face during their high school journey and to guide them on a path to post-secondary opportunities and success. Our programming includes monthly college tours, enrichment sessions, and one-on-one support for post-secondary planning. We serve middle and high school students in Alexandria City Public Schools. 

Building Your Power (BYP) promotes healthy community relationships and reduces truancy and other risky behaviors through positive engagements between middle school students and their mentors. BYP matches culturally diverse, predominantly male 7th and 8th grade students with paid adult mentors. The mentors work one-on-one with up to three youths to build social, emotional, and academic skills needed to help them thrive.

If you are interested in volunteering with one of the Alexandria Mentoring Partnership's partner programs, please submit a Mentor Interest Form . Submitting this form will send a referral request to the Partnership program of your choice. Once you have submitted the form, the program will contact you and provide more details on the program structure, time commitment, and background check/interview process.

For more information, contact the Alexandria Mentoring Partnership Coordinator at 703.746.4455 or mentoring@alexandriava.gov.