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Matches youth ages 5-12 with caring, positive, committed, adult role models. The youth (Little) and mentor (Big) meet in the community 2-4 times per month for a minimum of 4 hours and spend time exploring activities they already enjoy and trying some new ones.

Provides a youth mentoring program for youth, ages 12-17, workshops and activities to explore career opportunities, and job search assistance through Goodwill's Employment Services Program.

Provides the opportunity for the mentor (Big) to visit their Little in the child's school, after school program, or at another youth-serving agency. This allows for the mentor to meet in a more structured environment than out in the community, usually for about an hour per week.

Boxing gym with a mentorship and violence prevention program, with the goal of helping increase school graduation rates.

Programming teaches non-combative de-escalation, how to properly exercise and diet for a healthy lifestyle, and how to process and release emotions or stress in a positive manner.

Members are given strategic exercises individually and in a group, in both a classroom and gym setting.

Provides a structured one-on-one relationship that focuses on the needs of the youth.

Mentors help guide the youth through a wide range of tasks such as emotional well-being, social skills, self-esteem, and other areas the youth may be struggling with. The mentor helps the youth to overcome obstacles, set limits, and reach goals.

- Provides youth development programs and leadership skills opportunities to children in the area.

- Offers mentoring and assistance for youth who face challenges such as poverty, difficulties in school, and more.

- Provides free school supplies in the fall to children registered at the Boys and Girls Club.

Provides a school-based mentoring program for students in Champaign Unit 4 and Urbana District #116 Schools.

Mentors are matched one-on-one with a student when the student is in 3rd-7th grade.

Mentors meet with their 'mentees' for one hour a week during the school day on school grounds.

Mentors commit for one year at a time but are asked to commit to the same student each of the following years through the student's high school graduation.

Students who stay in the program through high school graduation receive a scholarship for continuing education, funded by the Mentoring Scholarship Foundation.

Carpenter's Place has a wide range of volunteer opportunities; some have interaction with homeless guests, others do not. Opportunities may include providing mentoring, transportation, and life skills training for the residents in the Permanent Supportive Housing program or providing mentoring, tutoring, life skills training, transportation, mock interviews, etc. for Transitional Housing residents.

Provides the opportunity for the mentor (Big) to visit their Little in the child's school, after school program, or at another youth-serving agency. This allows for the mentor to meet in a more structured environment than out in the community, usually for about an hour per week.

Matches youth ages 5-12 with caring, positive, committed, adult role models. The youth (Little) and mentor (Big) meet in the community 2-4 times per month for a minimum of 4 hours and spend time exploring activities they already enjoy and trying some new ones.

Matches youth ages 5-12 with caring, positive, committed, adult role models. The youth (Little) and mentor (Big) meet in the community 2-4 times per month for a minimum of 4 hours and spend time exploring activities they already enjoy and trying some new ones.