High School Mentoring at MoCA
HIGH SCHOOL MENTORING AT MOCA January was National Mentoring Month and this year, mentees and their mentors were guided through Chinese American history at the Museum of Chinese in America. Mentees were also given a tour of the FOLD exhibit, which highlighted incredible paper sculptures made by undocumented Chinese migrants who were detained for years in NYC after […]
Volunteer with Apex in Brooklyn!
Exciting news! Apex is expanding our middle school mentoring program to a new Brooklyn site and we need your help. The majority of the students who attend our partner school in Bensonhurst (Brooklyn) are recent immigrants from China. They would benefit greatly from having a mentor to guide them through this transition. We’re looking for new […]
Apex for Youth Inaugural Summit
Our inaugural summit on Friday, Oct. 6 was a huge success! Thank you to our guests for attending and joining us at our sessions, from the introductory icebreaker activity to panel discussions. We opened up with more than 50 different quote cards — all by Asian or Asian Americans — and our emcee for the […]
Versace x Apex
Saturday, February 4 – Sunday, February 5 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Versace 647 Fifth Avenue In partnership with Apex for Youth, Versace invites you to celebrate the Chinese New Year at their Fifth Avenue flagship store. All guests will receive 10% off purchases, and Versace will donate 10% of sales to benefit Apex for Youth. […]
Feature: 2016 Gala Student Speaker
Meet our 2016 Inspiration Awards Gala student speaker! Apex mentee Ken Bamba, a current senior at Brooklyn Tech, shared his experiences at the gala about Apex and how Apex has impacted his life. For example, Apex has strengthened ties between Ken and his two brothers, also participants in the mentoring program. With their different school […]
Closing Day 2015
Closing Day signifies the end of the mentoring program for the school year, and is also when we officially bid farewell to our graduating seniors. This year, we brought more than 120 mentors, mentees and volunteers from both our Queens and Manhattan mentoring programs up to the Riverdale Country School for a day of bonding and […]