Our Main Goals
To Provide Mentorship & Advocacy
To Provide Mentorship & Advocacy
To Provide Mentorship & Advocacy
To Provide Exposure
To Provide Mentorship & Advocacy
To Provide Mentorship & Advocacy
To Create a Sustainable Plan
To Provide Mentorship & Advocacy
To Create a Sustainable Plan
About The Advantage Program
The Advantage Program is a nonprofit geared to expose the youth to life’s many opportunities. Founded in September of 2020 by Tavon Parker, we offer mentorship programs, adult courses, a summer program, and different community events that cater to the needs of the youth in all aspects. Our goal is to enrich the holistic life of a child by focusing on their risk factors and protective factors, and then bridging the gap to ensuring their overall success.
Our overall goal is to expose our youth to different life opportunities as well as multiple career paths. The program hopes to be able to provide necessary school items during the school year as well as a scholarship to college. By helping each youth to create a plan for their lives and identifying possible career paths and opportunities, we believe we can keep each child focused on positivity and achieving their goals.
Mentorship Programs
Our Male Mentorship Program was started in June 2021. Our Female Mentorship Program was started in August 2023. Mentors and mentees meet weekly on Saturdays for a two-hour time period (2 hours for girls and 2 hours for boys, separately). During these sessions the curriculum includes topics such as entrepreneurship, financial literacy, civil engagement, culinary arts, athletics, and business principles, etc. Once per month, we expose participating youth to an event or venue outside of York County such as, HBCU’s, NASA, music concerts, college sporting events, historic museums, and other professional sporting events. Other tutoring & homework help services are available for mentees as we aim to provide academic support in addition to our mentorship services.
Events
- Gala
- Started in February 2022
- Christmas Party
- Started in December 2022
- I Have A Dream Conference
- Started in January 2023
- Reformed Felons Symposium
- Started in April 2023
- Family Field Day
- Started in April 2024
- Alumni Basketball Game
- Started in June 2024
Adult Course
Our Adult Course was started in January 2024. This course is an opportunity for adults to expand their minds and position themselves to Change The Narrative. The focus of this course is to increase knowledge because the more we learn, the more knowledge and information we can pass to the generations coming after us.
Summer Program
Our Summer Program was started in June 2023. This is a summer program like no other because we focus on reducing the summer slump. Participants get the opportunity to learn from local teachers and entrepreneurs, attend field trips, network with others from the community, build pro-social relationships, and engage in their very own entrepreneurial activities.
Scholarships
In Partnership with the William Penn Senior High School Basketball teams, we offer academic scholarships. Our goal is to support the staple high school in York City by offering scholarships to both the male and female basketball team players with the highest overall GPA.
Give An Advantage!
Your support and contributions will allow us to continue working towards our main goals to:
- Provide Mentorship & Advocacy
- Provide Exposure
- Create a Sustainable Life Plan
We are a 501c3 Nonprofit organization and your donation is tax-deductible.