Mythirdplace

Meet Emily! Emily joined the M3P fam several years ago before taking a hiatus to become an amazing social worker and most recently get married! Now she's back on the team helping to create some dope group mentoring curriculum and serve as a group mentor herself. Her intelligence, creativity, and social work skills are a huge asset us to M3P, but we're even luckier that she's such a natural at engaging with teens and building trust and connection with them. Emily, we love you and are so grateful to have you serve at M3P again! #My3place #MeetMonday

Throwback to Study Hall during our After School Program! In this picture our Executive Director Adrian was helping then-7th grader Jasmin with some math homework while she munched on some M3P-provided snacks. Before Covid-19 hit, our teens were able to spend the first hour of our programming sitting, snacking, and doing homework in a peaceful environment designed for them. We've realized that we took a lot of things for granted - to be able to sit in a room and just be with ...people, not worrying about being six feet a part or having to wear a mask - and are grateful that despite everything going on right now, we've recently been able to start back with tutoring virtually. We value sitting with our teens and being alongside them in not only their academic journey but also through their personal growth. We're excited and looking forward to the (hopefully soon) day when we can see teens back at our in-person After-School Program, with social distancing norms instilled of course. #my3place #afterschool #tutoring See more

For MYTHIRDPLACE, Giving Tuesday is about more than just giving money to the various organizations making a difference in this world. To us, it's a reminder of our every day's work: giving hope to teens who are on the brink of giving up; giving advice to the girl unsure of what to do with her life; giving community to a young man struggling with family problems and isolation during a pandemic; and more. Giving Tuesday is all about the power each of us has to make a differen...ce in our communities. We invite you to make a difference by making a financial donation in whatever way you can, sharing this post, and creating a personal Giving Tuesday fundraiser for MYTHIRDPLACE on your Facebook page. Simply begin to make a post on your Facebook, click the 3 dots in the "Add to Your Post" bar at the bottom, and select "Raise Money." Facebook is matching donations given for Giving Tuesday! We know from experience that every act of giving, no matter how big or small, all adds up to make a lifelong difference for the young people that we serve.

Throwback to Famsgiving last year! We have a tradition each year of bringing the M3P Fam together for a big potluck the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Last year we had an incredible time, and lots of memories (including knocking over an entire table of food - luckily all but the corn was saved! Haha.) While we're bummed to not be able to come together in the same way this year, we know it's worth it to stay safe and can't wait to celebrate next year. In the meantime we wish all of you in our greater M3P Fam a very Happy Thanksgiving! #my3place #famsgiving #Thanksgiving

Meet Trinity! Trinity has been volunteering with MYTHIRDPLACE through our after-school program for several years, ever since she was a freshman in college at APU. She is one of the most gentle and thoughtful people and mentors we know. She is a great listener and even better at giving advice, always able to help teens make good decisions and there to comfort them through a hard day. Every time she walks in the room, Trinity immediately engages the teens with a hug and a smile... and love to hang out and play games with them. She is currently home in the Sacramento area due to the pandemic so it's been a long minute since we've been able to see her in person, but we never forget her amazing heart and impact on our teens. Trinity, we love that you wear your heart on your sleeve and are always willing to cultivate relationships with teens. We’re so blessed to have you as mentor at MYTHIRDPLACE and can't wait to see you again soon! #my3place #MeetMonday See more

Throwback to the Great MYTHIRDPLACE Bake-Off! The picture above shows our teens in their groups, baking and submitting their delicious results to Adrian, the judge for this high stakes competition. You'll also see one of our dope OG mentors, Priscilla, helping give leadership to one of the groups. The week prior, teens had the opportunity to break into their groups and decide what they would bake and request the ingredients they would need to create their masterpieces. The ...day of the competition, they had one hour to bake and would be judged on areas of taste, teamwork, and creativity. The results: hilarity and deliciousness. One of the teams even made their cake look like Adrian (kinda) to try and score some extra points! Haha. Activities like this baking competition give fun, hands-on, applicable real life skills and allow us to be intentional about getting both the girls and guys to be in the kitchen together, and break stigmas about who should or shouldn't be cooking. After everything was all said and done, the teens were all able to enjoy their creations, and were encouraged to bring their new-found baking skills home to their families. #my3place #baking