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  • Mentorship comes full circle for San Diego Pair posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 Stefan Hochfilzer & BradAs a youth growing up in Carmel Valley, Brad Fenton benefitted from the attention and encouragement of a young man in his neighborhood; today that young man has founded Club Xcite, Southern California’s first private youth mentorship organization, and Fenton has joined its ranks as a professional mentor. San Diego, CA (April 2009)- Club Xcite, LL...
  • Students ‘Xcited’ to work with mentors posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 If you think restoring a classic car is hard work, try fitting it in around a busy high school schedule. Winston School junior Benjamin White does; every spare moment he gets he’s in his Del Mar garage restoring a classic Mustang back to health. Always at his side is his mentor Tyler Johnson, a former mechanic. Benjamin said he and Johnson are ...
  • Changing Lives, One at a Time posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 Stefan Hochfilzer, California-Berkeley, graduated in 2003 with a degree in business. He worked as a risk consultant in Los Angeles and had started a real estate certificate program when he realized his heart just wasn’t in it. “My passion has always been working with kids,” said Hochfilzer. He was drawn to kids from an early age.“I was...
  • Program helps youth overcome obstacles posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 Club XCite’s after-school mentorship program utilizes a big brother/big sister philosophy to help children who are struggling socially or academically. Stefan Hochfilzer, 27, and John Foletta, 26, who met at UC Berkeley, started the program five years ago with the goal of creating a well-rounded program that would help youngsters gain academic, ...
  • After-school mentorship program offers many lessons posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 No matter the weather in these win- ter days, there is a group of elemen- tary-age students at The Children’s School that couldn’t care less. They are too busy building cata- pults. With zeal, the preschool through second-graders glue wooden stirrers and plastic spoons together as part of their after-school robotics class. Very Xciting. “...
  • Camp gives chance to rise above bi-polar disorder posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 Trevor Ives is really rid- ing the wave. At Fletcher Cove last week, he looked like the average Californian beach bum, boogie boarding and having the time of his life. No one would have been able to tell it was the Cincinnati, Ohio na- tive’s first time on the board, an unforgettable summer camp experience brought to him by Camp Rise Above. Camp ...
  • ‘X’citement is in the air over summer and year-round mentor programs for youth with special needs posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 He had first-hand experience navigating the educational and social complexities of a speech impediment as a teenager. This made him the picture-perfect poster boy for an organization to guide youth through troubling times. Stefan Hochfilzer crafted those early life lessons into finely honed skills and surrounded himself with like-minded young edu...
  • Camp Xcite season offers customized programs for special campers from Carmel Valley to RSF posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 Special needs doesn’t say it all. For families with hard-to- reach and hard-to-teach kids, Camp Xcite offers a delightfully tailored week-at-a-time approach for children with a variety of social anxieties and disorders. In addition to fun and games, the campers, boys and girls who range in age from 8 to 13, also learn about camaraderie and commu...
  • The Power of a Mentor posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 When I was first signed up for my mentorship, I was skeptical. I’d never had a mentor before, and I thought that it singled me out as more needy and distressed than everyone else I knew. I considered myself normal, and I thought mentors were for troubled kids that needed to be dealt with. However, I was more enthusiastic when I met my mentor, for...
  • RSF resident’s Club Xcite, a youth mentorship organization, launches weekly summer camps posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 Founded two years ago by Rancho Santa Fe resident Stefan Hochfilzer, Club Xcite, a youth mentorship organization, will kick off its first weekly summer camps this year. Hochfilzer said Club Xcite’s camps are different from other summer camps due to their personalized attention with- in the context of small groups. The summer camp groups meet ever...
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