Mission of McGaw YMCA: Welcome All, Inspire Youth, Activate Families.

Impact Community Project SOAR seeks to provide adult role models who will foster positive and stable relationships with youth, ages 9-14.

SOAR’s goal is recruitment and training of adult volunteer-mentors and is focused on creating effective mentors who grow to become leaders and resource-builders in the lives of Evanston youth. SOAR encourages successful mentor-mentee matches with careful and thoughtful match selection, training, professional support staff, group activities, and monthly contact with support staff. All mentors are background checked, reference checked and fingerprinted.