POWER 4 Youth provides academic mentoring to at-risk middle and high school youth in Long Beach, Lakewood and Fullerton communities.
 

Established in 1999, POWER 4 Youth has become one of the largest mentoring program the communities it serves.
 

There is no cost for the student to become involved with POWER 4 Youth.
 

POWER 4 Youth mentors and students meet weekly for 1½ hours.  Pairs meet at regularly set times and days each week at the church site.
 

Although founded by the Presbyterian Church, it is not a church program:  There is no religious affiliation requirement, evangelical focus or proselytizing component. The program is available to all students. 
 

More than 215 young adults have been involved in POWER 4 Youth since its inception.
 

80% of the students who remain in the program for the entire school year improve their GPAs.
 

Currently, forty five students are benefiting from the program.  The ethnic make-up of the students reflects the larger population:  52% Hispanic, 28% White and 14% Black and 6% Asian.  Likewise, the adult volunteers come from varied professions, backgrounds and ethnicities.