NEWS
Walking together to support eachother
One Match does change two lives – and sometimes in ways we couldn’t imagine. Today, one of AFC’s mentoring matches will join forces and walk together for a world free of Multiple Sclerosis. Jodi was diagnosed with MS in September 2009 and quickly got involved with the Greater New ... Read More >
AFC Leaders Look to the Future
Program Manager Melissa Chu spent some time this week coaching one of our most active AFC Leaders on how to navigate job applications. With limited job training and experience, youth can often be confused and frustrated by the job search process. AFC Leaders are welcomed into AF... Read More >
How do you incorporate PLAY into your life?
With beach ball and Frisbee in hand, the AFC Programming team (Melissa, Alaina, Laurie, Evan and Kayla) stepped outside Wednesday afternoon for their weekly programming meeting. Nobody wants to miss out on these beautiful sunny days sitting inside, so we decided to get out and PLA... Read More >
AFC makes a trip to the University of Connecticut
On Friday March 15th AFC staffers traveled to the University of Connecticut and participated in this year’s True Colors conference. True Colors is a non-profit organization that works with other social service agencies, schools and communities to ensure that the needs of lesbian,... Read More >
Welcome to Our New Web-Site
Dear Friends: We are happy to have you visit and encourage you to spend some time getting to know us. We created this blog as a way to share exciting news and updates, pass along great articles we’ve read, connect with other mentoring and child welfare providers and keep in touch... Read More >
Chris & Isaac
Chris and Isaac have been matched for over 2 years. At the beginning, Chris was really excited to be matched with a mentee as soon as he could and when the opportunity came, he wasn’t going to let it slip away. Both Chris and Isaac were presented the profile of the each other an... Read More >
Silver Lining is a Social Innovator!
