Harraseeket Foundation

HARRASEEKET HAS A SINGLE PROGRAM, WHICH WE CALL OUR PATHWAYS PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTS COMMUNITIES AS THEY CREATE INTERGENERATIONAL CONNECTIONS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THEIR COMMUNITIES, WITH SEVERAL OPTIONS FOR DOING SO. THESE INCLUDE (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND UNDAUNTED FUTURES, INC.) MENTORING UNDERSERVED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, SOME OF WHOM APPLY FOR AND ATTEND INTERNSHIPS; THREE-PERSON INTERGENERATIONAL GUIDE TEAMS TO EXPLORE AND DISCUSS VIDEO AND READING RESOURCES; ONE-ONE-ONE CONVERSATIONS INITIATED THROUGH AN ON-LINE DIRECTORY; INTERGENERATIONAL GROUP FORUMS TO DISCUSS A VARIETY OF TOPICS; AND ORGANIZED ON-LINE VIDEO AND READING RESOURCES AND A DATABASE OF AT-WORK, SHADOWING, VACATION JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND SUMMER JOBS. FOUR COMMUNITIES HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH OVER 200 ADULTS INVOLVED IN AND SIGNING UP TO MENTOR, AND OVER 200 HAVE PARTICIPATED IN FORUMS IN RECENT YEARS. THE AUDIENCE OF POTENTIAL AND CURRENT MENTEES INCLUDES DOZENS OF YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN FOUR COMMUNITIES (WITH MORE BEING ADDED THIS YEAR) AND STUDENTS FROM WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL, HAYFIELD HIGH SCHOOL, HERNDON HIGH SCHOOL, SOUTH LAKES HIGH SCHOOL AND WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL.GRANTS OF $5,000 ($4,000 TO COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS, $1,000 TO EDUCATE FAIRFAX FOR FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MENTORWORKS PROGRAM) ARE INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL REPORTED IN LINE 28A.