Youth Engagement

Youth Engagement Programs

LIFRC’s Youth Mentoring Program has been successfully
matching adults and youth on Lopez since 1997.

There are 6 programs within Youth Enrichment:

1 to 1 Mentoring

1 to 1 Mentoring pairs Lopez Island youth with a trusted, caring adult.

Pairs meet weekly to explore, play, learn and grow together.

Mentors help youth imagine their full potential and work towards personal goals whether it be accomplishing a reading assignment or designing a fishing lure.

Mentoring benefits our entire island as it improves engagement, compassion and community.

Small Group Mentoring

Small group Mentoring meets outdoors every two weeks to explore social emotional learning in the fresh air.

Bilingual Youth Leadership

Bilingual Youth Leadership imparts leadership and life skills to Latinx youth by Latinx leaders. The bilingual, bicultural environment helps Latinx students develop leadership skills to better serve their schools and communities.

Peer to Peer

Your lived experience holds wisdom and knowledge!

Open to Grades 6th and 10th, Peer to Peer Mentoring pairs youth within the school to act as guides for each other. In doing so, students cultivate both leadership skills and lasting friendships between middle schoolers and high schoolers that will follow them on their educational journey through.

YOLO: SalishSea

LIFRC’s Mentoring is honored to have been one of seventeen programs chosen by the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) for its inaugural Outdoor Learning Grants.

LIFRC’s project, Youth Outdoor Learning Opportunities: Salish Sea (YOLO: Salish Sea) is a dynamic collaboration between Coast Salish tribal partners, WA State Parks, LISD and LIFRC. Incorporating experiential learning that aligns with classroom instruction and indigenous ecological knowledge, the program provides environmental education, land stewardship activities and outdoor leadership skills for LISD students grades 6-12.

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