Golden Fold Radio - Destination Fatherhood

Here are some episodes of our online Fatherhood program !


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The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.

The Golden Fold's 2014 D2D Summer Leadership Academy

      On Saturday 8/23/14 & Sunday 8/24/14 at the Virginia Beach Boys & Girl's Club. The Golden Fold will have our 2nd annual Dare2Dream Summer Leadership Academy. It's a FREE program and the participants will receive abstinence-related Leadership training, lunch and snacks, and then will also receive $50 in gift cards from Wal*Mart and other sponsors when they complete the surveys that are sent to them 6 months and 12 months after they complete the training. Participants must be between 13 & 16 years of age and cannot have participated in earlier Dare2Dream Leadership sessions. For more details contact James Morton @ 757-593-6536 or email thegoldenfold (at) yahoo.com .

TGF D2D Summer 2014 Application.pdf 

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The application may be downloaded from this site:

T.G.F.: Our Summer 2014 Leadership Weekend (Yes!Dare2Dream Empowerment Session) 

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     For more information contact our Program Directors email address thegoldenfold@yahoo.com or 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold mentorship Movement is a joint venture involving The Gamma Xi chapter of Omega Psi Phi, the men of S.A.A.B. of Tidewater Community College, and Men of the community.This is a Brothers and Others community Service Movement.

The Golden Fold's 2014 SUMMER TEST-PREP ACADEMY

Our SUMMER TEST-PREP ACADEMY is not affiliated with the ASVAB, SAT, or ACT companies. The tests are referenced in the below image due to the focus of the SUMMER TEST-PREP ACADEMY. We will be preparing our 15 participating students for the popular college entrance exams (SAT and ACT exams) by (1) aiding them to create online profiles for the SAT, ACT, and a practice ASVAB test website, (2) take the released practice tests for the exams, (3) complete learning style assessments, and (4) receive personalized guidance to improve in areas of exam preparedness using some of the FREE online platforms that are publicly available. There is a $20 donation to participate in the nine sessions which will be held each Tuesday evening in July and September 2014 at the Boys & Girl's club in Virginia Beach. The donation, made payable to the "Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation" will be to defray operating costs primarily. There is a limit of 15 participants on a first-come first served basis. Contact Seko Varner @ 757-932-0177 or email the golden fold (at) yahoo (dot) com to participate in our SUMMER TEST-PREP ACADEMY.The Boys & Girls club is not affiliated with The Golden Fold nor the SUMMER TEST-PREP ACADEMY. Return the completed application with a $20 donation to participate.

Download the the application by clicking HERE.

Make a donation of $25 by using this text hyper link below. (CLICK HERE TO DONATE):

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Colleges and Universities That Do Not Use SAT/ACT Scores

Click HERE to view a listing of over 800 College and Universities that don't use SAT & ACT scores for some or all admissions.
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The program's schedule:

07/08/14 Opening session & Registration onto the online portals listed below.
               ASVAB Test Bank practice tests, practice using the March to Success Flash Cards.
07/15/14 SAT Practice test and guidance with online portals
07/22/14 ACT Practice test and guidance with online portals
07/29/14 Review of test results, Learning Style assessment, self-study guidance
08/05/14 Review of Learning style assessment results, Self-study plan development,
               Self-study guidance
08/12/14 Test taking strategies presentation, Self-study guidance
08/19/14 Test taking strategies presentation, Self-study guidance
08/26/14 Test taking strategies presentation, Self-study guidance, final session

We know that self-study is an effective strategy to raise SAT scores. After the course is over we encourage parents to invest in ensuring that their child continues the self-study plan weekly and/or invests in this or similar tutoring course: http://www.veritasprep.com/act-sat-prep/sat/

We will be creating accounts on the following online portals in our Summer Test-Prep Academy:
http://act.org/
http://sat.collegeboard.org/home
https://www.march2success.com

http://quizlet.com/
https://www.khanacademy.org/login
http://www.tenmarks.com 
We will also be using this non-registration online portal(s) for instructional & planning  purposes:
http://www.asvabtestbank.com/

Here are the videos we will use in the sessions:
http://youtu.be/QGNPL1M3pu8 The link for the Prepare for College lecture by Dr. Johnson

Advice from a perfect scoring SAT student !
http://youtu.be/gtUOhN5wraU 




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The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.

Scenes from our 2014 Shirt & Tie Session and Crossing The Bar Ceremony

Photos from our 2014 Shirt & Tie session and our 1st annual Crossing The Bar ceremony.

 Our convocation speaker - Dr. Antoine Hickman

 Some of our 2013-2014 Young Leaders

 Left to right: Assistant Director Richard Green, Young Leader T. Clark, Director Seko Varner

Young Leader T. Clark and his parents during the "Blessing of the head" ritual of The Golden Fold's Crossing the Bar ceremony.

Young Leader M. Grimes and his parents during the "Blessing of the head" ritual of The Golden Fold's Crossing the Bar ceremony. Head Mentor Mike Grimes is also in this photo.

Young Leader T. Clark and his parents during the ending of the "Blessing of the head" ritual of The Golden Fold's Crossing the Bar ceremony.

Mentor James Morton leads the guests in our Awards ceremony.

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The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.

2013-2014 Pictoral Re-Cap of The Golden Fold Mentor Movement

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The Golden Fold Mentor Movement serves 6th - 12th grade youth by providing seminar based Big-Brother-type activities in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Contact: thegoldenfold @ yahoo (dot) com or call 757-932-0177. The Golden Fold is a "Brothers and Others" Community Improvement activity of the Gamma Xi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi and the Gamma Xi Uplift Foundation.