Pals

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#CCCCE4" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="0c8a8a80.gif" border=0 width="168" height="168" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rio Vista CARE"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 20072008 Program Summary"><U><B> 2007-2008 Program Summary</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Professional Counseling"><U><B>Professional Counseling</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="School Based Counseling"><U><B>School Based Counseling</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Pals</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peer Support Groups"><U><B>Peer Support Groups</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our History"><U><B>Our History</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Board of Directors"><U><B> Board of Directors</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How you can help"><U><B>How you can help</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Rio Vista CARE</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peer Support Groups"><U><B> </B></U></A></FONT><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peer Support Groups"><U><B>Next</B></U></A><B>             </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="School Based Counseling"><U><B>Back</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Pals</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>     </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="10198a20.png" border=0 width="152" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></FONT><B>                     </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pals are caring adult volunteers who reach out from their hearts to mentor a child.</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pals”</B> is a <B>mentoring program</B> in which trained adult volunteers are paired with children who benefit from one-on-one interaction with a caring, dependable adult.  Children are referred by school staff or parents.  This support helps boost the child's self-esteem and increases his or her chance of success in school.  <B>Pals </B>receive training and supervision from a CARE counselor and meet weekly with their assigned student at D.H. White Elementary and Riverview Middle School.  (<B>Pals</B> do not provide counseling.) This year an MFT intern, Celeste McCall, provided the training and supervision of  Pals.   </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="mailto:Admin@rvcare.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Admin@rvcare.org"><U><B>Join our P</B></U></A><A HREF="mailto:Admin@rvcare.org" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Admin@rvcare.org"><U><B>als:</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> Peggy Schulz,  Sally Hagan,  Mark McTeer,  Jacqueline Roche,   Marian Rocha,  Al Coglianese,  Sherry Jasara, Therese Bayol,  Herky Ostlund, , and Donna Harris.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rio Vista CARE"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 20072008 Program Summary"><U><B> 2007-2008 Program Summary</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Professional Counseling"><U><B>Professional Counseling</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="School Based Counseling"><U><B>School Based Counseling</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>Pals</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peer Support Groups"><U><B>Peer Support Groups</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our History"><U><B>Our History</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Board of Directors"><U><B> Board of Directors</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How you can help"><U><B>How you can help</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>