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Volunteer

Become a Spark Mentor!

Spark’s volunteer mentors are essential to our program’s success. They help us fulfill our mission to inspire youth through one-on-one, hands-on apprenticeships.

Apply To Volunteer

As a mentor, you’ll host a middle school student who dreams of working in your profession. You’ll meet at your workplace once a week for 8-10 weeks. In that time, you’ll teach them about what you do, inspire their curiosity, and help them fulfill their dreams.

Passion and commitment are required; experience is not. We train you, and our experienced staff is available to support you every step of the way. If you’d like to become a Spark mentor or want to learn more, please fill out a volunteer application.

Your job is someone’s dream!

Spark is constantly recruiting mentors in all professions. Here are some of our most frequently requested fields:

  • Computers/Video Game Design
  • Animal Care
  • Fashion and Cosmetology
  • Culinary Arts
  • Health Care
  • Law
  • Government and Safety
  • Visual Arts
  • Life/Environmental Science
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Spark’s mission is to provide life-changing apprenticeships to youth in underserved communities across the United States. 30% of students in the United States drop out of high school, with the dropout rate exceeding 50% in the highest-need neighborhoods. Spark addresses the dropout crisis by connecting volunteer professionals with underserved youth in workplace apprenticeships to “spark” their potential. Students identify a “dream job,” and Spark matches that student with a mentor doing that job. As students explore the school-to-career connection, they build skills critical for academic success, gain a strong appreciation for the relevance of their education, and become motivated to work hard to achieve their dreams. Spark is a national nonprofit that provides life-changing apprenticeships to middle school students from disadvantaged communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Chicago, and soon on the east coast.

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