Students With Academic Goals
A coed summer camp for middle schoolers with field trips and activities that nurture camaraderie, confidence, and personal growth.
College preparation + mentoring
Mentoring on the Fly
A transformative mentoring program where Oakland youth build confidence, academic goals, leadership habits, and a stronger sense of community through hands-on experiences.
What happens here
Youth do not just receive mentoring. They practice becoming leaders.
Mentoring on the Fly sits at the heart of WELO's youth-development model. Students build trust with mentors, join group experiences, explore education and career possibilities, and take part in service work that gives leadership a real-world shape.
The program is designed for confidence and belonging first, then uses that foundation to help students set goals, try new environments, and see themselves as people who can contribute.
Program outcomes
- Stronger academic motivation and goal-setting.
- Positive peer relationships and group identity.
- Exposure to field trips, service learning, and new community spaces.
- Leadership confidence for girls, boys, and coed youth groups.
Inside the program
Mentoring on the Fly includes multiple youth leadership lanes.
Summer day camp
Hands-on activities across career exploration, mental health workshops, service learning, and enrichment for youth of multiple ages.
Girls leadership
A leadership space focused on helping young girls become confident, supported, and ready to lead in their communities.
Men At Power Strategically
A boys' leadership initiative that fosters responsibility, self-awareness, and positive models of leadership.