Felicia’s Promise Inc. mentors girls 12-18 years old
By Tangerine Clarke
Brooklyn-based Felicia’s
Promise Inc., a mentoring
program geared towards the
development of primarily disadvantaged
girls of color 12
to 18, from underrepresented
communities, started as a ministry
at Bethany Church, in
2019, has made super strides in
its outreach programs to help
the youths realize their fullest
potential.
Founder and Executive Director,
Felicia Fonrose, told Caribbean
Life recently, that her passion
to serve, inspire, and support
young girls who are driven,
were her ultimate goals for
launching the program, at the
church, she attends, and where
the church’s fellowship hall and
her home address, serves as a
base for in-person sessions and
the organization’s activities.
The humanitarian explained
that Felicia’s Promise, now has
501 © 3 non-profit status, since
filing for the tax-exempt program
August 2020, during the
pandemic.
“We ended our pilot summer
program in August 2021 and
are in full session since October
2021,” she said, noting that the
organization is mostly virtual
until the pandemic is under
control.
“We have promised and are
honored to play a role in helping
them realize and reach
their fullest potential,” she said
of the grass-roots group.
“As we help them develop
marketable skills, attain higher
education, career opportunities
and become financially self-reliant,
we are devoted to increasing
their confidence, purpose
and self-esteem,” said Fonrose,
the Bedford Stuyvesant-born
former owner of a day-spa, she
operated for 12 years in Clinton
Hill.
Fonrose, the wife of a Trinidad
born, who began hosting
the youths at her place of business
said, through the program
she connected with her mentees
in a way that moved her to
do more every chance she got.
Knowing that her potential
is unlimited, Felicia has promised
that with God’s blessing
she would encourage, uplift
and support more young ladies
who faced some challenges
just as she had. As such, the
girls develop, as the program
grows and as “we acquire more
Caribbean Life, N 18 OVEMBER 12-18, 2021
Felicia Fonrose, middle back row with her team, and mentees of Felicia’s Promise, after a
day of fun in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Felicia’s Promise Inc.
girls, we will create mentoring
groups for a more personalized
experience,” she said.
“They will be mentored virtually
in a group setting by the
FP team until the pandemic
is under control. Our mentees
in other states and countries
will continue to be virtual. We
are also providing academic
tutoring and extracurricular
resources as needed,” she
added.
“The group mentoring sessions
will be held once per
month for one hour. We offer
free individualized tutoring
(virtual), social skills development
through workshops and
group mentoring sessions, fitness,
civics engagement and
S.T.E.A.M that are’s incorporated
into some of our workshops,”
she explained, adding,
that there is also a Philanthropic
Promises Program.
The compassionate lady, who
is giving back in a big way, said
her life’s journey included many
struggles and triumphs. Homelessness
and kinship foster care
taught her to determine her
response when she could not
control what was happening
around her.
She decided not to let her
past define her life, but instead,
chose to make good choices,
along the way, decisions that
led her to work for some of the
top fortune 500 companies in
NYC.
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