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The
S.T.A.R.S. (Students Training as Role Models) program has existed for
twelve years and is a long-term mentoring program for at-risk youth,
directed by uniformed police officers. The program meets weekly, feed the
kids dinner, and takes them on monthly outings. The kids are brought in
between 9-11 years of age and are graduated at City Council once they
complete a semester of high school (the next graduation is next Tuesday,
Jan 29).
The
program does lots of community service including: Adopt-a-Block, Graffiti
Paint Out, quarterly visits to Autumn Hills Convalescent Hospital
delivering crafts.
The
program is not funded outside of a CDBG Federal Grant which pays our
employee. All other funding (about $6000/year) is supplied by donors.
The photos
below were taken at Autumn Hills delivering our pine cone turkeys to the
residents, a group photo taken at the Reagan Library for the Welcome Home
Ceremony for Purple Heart Recipients, and a shot of the kids doing the
Adopt-a-Block at our old site.
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The Glendale Police
Foundation
