Your Encouragement CanTRANSFORM A STUDENT'S FUTURE
Sometimes, one steady voice can change the way a young person sees their future. Your encouragement, guidance, and support can help a student believe in what's possible.
Become A Mentor Today
Change a Student's Life
For many students, the path to college can feel overwhelming, confusing and even impossible. A mentor helps bring that dream closer. By showing up, listening, and offering encouragement, you can help a student build confidence, stay focused in school, and take the next step toward the future they deserve.
Change Your Life
Mentoring has a way of giving back. Your experience, patience, and perspective can become the encouragement a young person remembers for years. One conversation at a time, you can help open doors while finding a renewed sense of purpose in your own life.
Join Our Mentoring Program
You do not have to be a teacher or college expert to make a difference.
We provide guidance, resources, and support so you can feel assured as you build a caring relationship with your student. What matters most is your willingness to be consistent, and present for a student who can benefit from having another trusted adult in their corner. Become the person who helps a student believe their future is worth reaching for.
About College for Kids
Our support does not stop when students graduate high school.
College for Kids helps students step beyond the classroom and begin to picture a future they may not have imagined yet. By bringing Take Stock in Children and TradeUp together, the program opens the door to college experiences, career exploration, and technical pathways that spark confidence, ambition, and direction. Students get to discover what excites them, what they are capable of, and where their education can take them next.
