Give Something Back (Give Back) provides academic assistance, long-term coaching, and support services to high school students (Scholars) who have experienced barriers to success, such as foster care, homelessness, or the incarceration of a parent.

• Become a mentor to connect and spend time with a scholar while helping them build a career-based educational plan and pursue post-secondary education. Fill out the Mentor Interest Form.
• Provide informational interviews for students interested in your career or industry.
• Provide internship opportunities with your organization to help students gain real-world skills and experience.

We have a host of mentoring opportunities for JBLM soldiers and airmen, including weekly 1:1, small groups, before- and after-school TOGETHER Clubhouse, and the monthly platoon-based Lunch Brigade! View our military mentoring flyer

Learn more about how you can help empower a younger person to achieve their full potential though encouragement, trust, perspective, and friendship. Contact Katie Linfoot, Military Liaison at klinfoot@nthurston.k12.wa.us and complete an NTPS volunteer application to get started.

Pizza Klatch supports LGBTQ+ teens every week in secondary schools across Thurston County and creates a safe and positive school life for them. If you are interested in becoming a facilitator, fill out their application.

Push For Dreams is a nonprofit organization that empowers, supports, and mentors elementary, middle, and high school students through specialized and customized, highly structured, and comprehensive group mentoring. Their model emphasizes social-emotional learning, leadership, character development, and basic life skills curricula. They are currently working with students at Envision Career Academy. 

TOGETHER! Club House provides before and after-school programming for students at four of our schools: Pleasant Glade Elementary, Lydia Hawk Elementary, Chinook Middle School, and Nisqually Middle School. Club House provides young people with homework help, interactive enrichment activities, physical movement, and a safe place to gather with peers. If you want to become a weekly mentor at Club House, please fill out an NTPS volunteer application and email us at mentoring@nthurston.k12.wa.us. We are also looking for guest speakers to discuss their hobbies or job and how they met their goals.

The YWCA Youth Action Circles are a network of youth who care about social justice, learning, and taking action in our community. They are currently active at Nisqually Middle School with a trained facilitator. Volunteer with the YWCA to get involved.