Guide Right History

Guide Right incorporates many of our youth-focused services, including mentorship, college preparation programs, and tutoring. However, the Kappa Leadership Development League is the Guide Right Service Program's flagship initiative (Kappa League). Guide Right is an educational and career advice program for adolescents that is mainly inspiring and instructive in nature. The objectives of the Guide Right Service Program are to place the training experience and friendly interest of successful men at the disposal of youth in need of inspiration and advice regarding their choice of a life's career, and to arouse the interest of the entire community in the problems of youth as they seek to lead useful lives.

Current Guide Right Objectives

1. To Create the Next Generation of Leaders via Leadership Development
2. Prepare students for college
3. Mentor students to college graduation
4. To positively impact youth through mentoring and training
5. To prepare youth for academic success in middle school, high school and college
6. To learn by interaction, doing and group dynamics

Core Initiatives:

• STEM: Activities include getting involved with NSBE Jr, STE Career Fair, Utilize code.org for free programming training. Microsoft Retail stores offer free STEM training.
• College Success: Mentoring for college. 90% Graduation Rate. Facilitate Undergrad/Alumni partnership for the mentoring
• College Prep Series: Naviance an online tool to assist students in preparing for college; Diamonds in the Rough webinars (DITR); FAFSA Awareness; College Signing Day, recognizing graduating high school seniors going to college.
• Positive Video Reporting - KLTV: Creating positive video recordings of Guide Right achievements

Mission and History: In order to serve young men between ages 5 and 25, the mission of the Guide Right Committee is to promote the goals, aims, and objectives of the fraternity in a manner that is consistent to and appropriate for our targeted audiences. To uphold the original charge of Guide Right and to incorporate the necessary tools which will enable our youth to adapt to today's changing landscape and environment.  Columbia (SC) Alumni Chapter has, since its chartering date, engaged in uplifting the community and the youth. What started with a commitment to provide a single $50 academic scholarship has grown to multiple initiatives and scholarship awards of different amounts to deserving youth in the community.