San Marin High School Weekly Mustang Roundup, January 10, 2011

San Ramon Walker Creek NEEDS Male Camp Counselors!

Applications still available for the San Ramon Walker Creek Outdoor Education program January 31^st through February 4^th. They are in need of Male Counselors. See Mrs. Cunnie and pick up an application in the College and Career Center.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the North Bay

The program matches high school students one-on-one with elementary or middle school students

Why volunteer? Mentoring is fun and rewarding! Simply by meeting with a child for one and half hours each week, for the school year, you can positively influence a child, help him/her improve family and peer relationships, increase self-confidence, and perform better in school.

When? Each program meets from 3:300in weekly

Where? Monday: At the Novato Youth Center

By playing sports, creating art, helping with homework, or just hanging out with a child- you WILL make a difference! For more information contact: Erin Lake, 415/453-3800 ext. 224 Fax 415/453-3839 elake@bbbsnorthbay.org Applications are available in the College and Career Center

Community Service/Leadership Academy Opportunity (40-55 hours)

Spend your spring break or a week of your summer at an orphanage and a day care in La Mision Mexico with other high school students from Marin and Sonoma with Be2Live.

Practice your Spanish (knowing Spanish is not required), learn new skills and make a difference in the lives of others. A typical week includes construction work, playing with/teaching the children, delivering food and necessities to needy families and possibly assisting a dentist or veterinarian. The Spring Break trip is April 9^th-14^th (cost: $645) and the summer trip is June 25^th-July 1^st ($690). Cost includes: Transportation, food, lodging, project costs, help with fundraising and pre-trip training. La Mision is a small town an hour south of San Diego on the Pacific Coast. Hundreds of students and adults from Marin and Sonoma have participated in this trip over the last 5 years. There will be a parent informational meeting on January 9^th at 5:30pm at the Quest Church at 1461 S. Novato Blvd. in Novato.

We are also offering the Student Leadership Academy. For more information about the Leadership Academy please contact Be2Live or visit the website. For a referral or for more information please visit be2live.org, e-mail: info@be2live.org , or call Phil Steiner (415) 798-1841 or Mindy Steiner (415) 798-1837. Be2Live is a non-profit based in Novato, CA.

Wanted: Teen Girl Ambassadors to plan the First Annual Teen Girl Conference!

Marin Women's Commission is looking for Teen girls (ages 13-18) to help plan the 2011 Teen Girl Conference! The Conference will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2011, at the Embassy Suites, San Rafael. This exciting Conference will offer workshop/break-out sessions on topics like Friends: Real or the Other Kind; Too Stressed to Think?!; The BF/GF Zone and Tools for Bad Situations with experienced facilitators and presenters, and an Teen Exhibit Mall, featuring booths with information and resources from businesses and local service providers. Our keynote speaker is Jess Weiner of Seventeen Magazine and a Global Ambassador for the Dove Self-Esteem Fund.

What does a Teen Girl Ambassador do? The Teen Girl Ambassadors will meet monthly with a subcommittee of the Marin Women's Commission to design the details of the conference. The Ambassadors will select the presenters/facilitators of the different break-out sessions; contribute to the design of the Teen Girl Conference website and the details of the Conference; meet other teen girls from across the County, spread word about the Conference to friends and classmates, and earn Community Service Credits too!

For more information, you may contact the Marin Women's Commission at 415.499.6195 or info@marinteengirl.org or Check us out on Facebook "Marin Teengirl".