Ignite Curiosity & Escape a Summer of Boredom!
Get ready to ignite your summer with Summer Spark! Join us for a season filled with creativity, growth, and endless opportunities to shine bright. Together, let's spark curiosity, inspiration, and unforgettable memories as we embark on this exciting journey of learning and discovery.
5 Ways to Participate
Summer Bucket List
Mentors and Mentees will have a blast completing the Summer Bucket list. With four categories to stretch you out of your comfort zone, it’s a resource to last all summer long. You can print your bucket list at a local library for free. Need a copy? Ask Angela.
The Bucket List has fun ideas for learning, creativity, movement and conversation. You can also come up with your own fun ideas!
BONUS: Complete the items in the workbook and earn $25 for summer fun! You can turn it in at the Back to School BBQ!
Summer Open House
We are excited to offer the Save Our Youth office as a hangout spot for matches during our in-office days. Feel free to stop by any Monday or Wednesday, June-August, between 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Just check-in at the front desk when you get there. Downstairs we’ll have board games, billiards, darts, corn hole, art projects, and snacks available for mentor/mentee matches (we also have a basketball hoop outside)!
Meetups
June 21 – Lace up your shoes and join other matches at Colorado Community Church for the first SOY Basketball Tournament. All levels are welcome! Register
July 2 -Mentoring Specialist, Darcy Burge, is a talented baker and decorator. Darcy will provide everything you need for decorating a fun treat you can bring with you to a Fourth of July celebration (or just eat on your own)! All matches are invited! Learn More and RSVP
July 11 – We’re getting together to go paddle board at Chatfield State Park! Learn More and RSVP
August 2 – Back To School BBQ with free backpacks for mentees, lots of food, and games! We’ll have more info on the Mentor Zone soon.
Level All
We are launching a new platform this year for our Skills 4 Success programming with an organization called Level All. Level All provides a personal roadmap to success with fun, easy to use, interactive, bite-size lessons.
The best part? We have put together a curated list specifically for matches to do together for Summer 2025! Once matches complete this “Journey”, we’ll send you a short feedback survey in exchange for a $20
To get started, we recommend mentors make an account on behalf of their mentee (with login information they are comfortable sharing with their mentee). However, if a mentee is 13 or older, he/she can make their own account if preferred.
Make the account using the onboarding code: SOYUSER. Choose the grade level and demographics of the mentee, not mentor. Create Account
Get familiar with Level All by watching the intro video! Watch the Video
Click on the “Journey” tab at the top of your account to access the “Summer Spark” journey.
Over the summer, work through the lessons together as a match. You can break this up and spread it out however you want. When you and your mentee complete the Summer Spark Journey, let your Mentoring Specialist know; we’ll send a feedback survey in exchange for a $20 gift card!
Activity Stipends
Want to pick your own summer activity? We have $300 stipends to help you pay for an interest of your choice.
Find a summer activity and read all the details on Summer Stipend page. Please note: We have a limited number of stipends available so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested