Welcome to Boys to Men Canada
We are more than just a mentoring program
Boys to Men Canada is a registered federal charity created to guide adolescent boys on their journey to manhood. Our mission is to help boys become good men.
We bring good men, Mentors and role models into boy's lives.
Boys to Men Canada has developed a simple approach to address the growing problem of boys growing up without a father (20% and growing in Canada today*). And Boys to Men is not just for fatherless boys. Building on the program founded 15 years ago in San Diego, we have found during the last 6 years that all boys need, want and thrive from having good men in their lives.
We give adolescent boys good men, mentors and role models.
Men who show up consistently, tell the truth about our struggles as men, praise the boys for their unique gifts, support them when they screw up, and encourage them to become that good man they all want to be.
We believe all boys deserve this support. Don't you?
Every Boy Wants to be a Good Man
And everyday he is faced with choices he may have to live with for the rest of his life.
How might your life have been different if you had...
• Someone you could trust to tell the truth.
• A mature adult who cared about you.
• A Mentor who could have helped you to find more options, to make more appropriate choices.
Our program gives each boy a chance to decide what kind of man he wants to be.
We give boys hope, support and guidance. We help them become good men.
Our Program has 3 Main Components:
Imagine Boy Scouts, Big Brothers, and Outward Bound combined. We provide a complete program with community (Boy Scouts), mentoring (BigBrothers), and a Rite of Passage adventure (Outward Bound) that serves both boys and men.
Boys to Men provides:
1. A safe place for men to tell the truth. This begins with a training for the men who want to participate in the mentoring of our boys, Reclaim Your Teenage Fire Mentor Training. This experiential training gives men a new perspective on mentoring boys.
2. A place where boys learn they can trust men, because the men tell the truth. These boys earn the right to be called Journeymen, by completing their Rite of Passage Adventure (ROPAW) Weekend. This is a powerful weekend for both boys and men. It is a bonding experience that creates trust and respect, and builds connections between boys and Mentors.
3. Journeymen with Ongoing Group Mentoring, J-Groups, where together with Mentor Teams, they continue to develop and strengthen the bonds created on the weekend, and to receive critical support as they grow into the men they will become.
Our boys and Mentors spend more time together on a Boys to Men Weekend than a typical mentor program provides in six months.
...and read some real-life miracle stories:
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Our vision is communities of men who teach, support, mentor and encourage boys to become compassionate, accountable men.
0ur goal is to create a model program that
can be replicated on a community level to
help young men throughout the world.
From the beginning we were seeing some incredible,
positive changes in the boys...
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