How can I reach Mountain View PAL?
What is Mountain View PAL?
How can I participate in a Mountain View PAL program?
What types of programs does Mountain View PAL offer?
How is Mountain View PAL funded?
How can I help support Mountain View PAL?
Who runs Mountain View PAL?
Why was Mountain View PAL formed?
What are the goals of Mountain View PAL?
How is Mountain View PAL affiliated with California PAL?
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How can I reach Mountain View PAL?
You can contact Mountain View PAL via e-mail at mvpal@mountainview.gov or at (650) 903-6139. You can also use the online information form by clicking here.
What is Mountain View PAL?
Mountain View PAL’s mission is to foster mutual understanding between youth and police officers through a non-confrontational setting and, in this way, divert them away from gangs and criminal activity. MVPAL will be offering a large variety of recreational and leadership development activities to kids between the ages of 5 and 18.
How can I participate in a Mountain View PAL program?
Contact us at mvpal@mountainview.gov or (650) 903-6139. Or click here to fill out an interest form online. Mountain View PAL is creating new programs everyday, so if there is something you would like to see us offer, please let us know. To fill out a Mountain View PAL application, click here for English and here for Spanish.
What types of programs does Mountain View PAL offer?
Mountain View PAL was launched in September 2006 and recently began offering programming. To see photos of recent events, please click here or visit http://www.printroom.com/pro/mvpal. For a list of upcoming events, please visit our calendar by clicking here.
How is Mountain View PAL funded?
Mountain View PAL is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is dependant on grants and donations for its success. PAL is not funded throught the county or city budgets. PAL is run with the support of Mountain View Police Officers and staff who donate their time to continue the program. If you or you bussiness would like make a tax deducable donation to PAL you can do so by contacting the PAL office and the number listed below or click here to make an online donation. Mountain View PAL’s non-profit tax ID number is 23-7072928.
How can I help support Mountain View PAL?
Mountain View PAL is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all contributions are tax deductible. Mountain View PAL offers numerous sponsorship and volunteer opportunities. For information on our Sponsorship programs and benefits, please click here.
To learn more about becoming a PAL volunteer, please contact us at mvpal@mountainview.gov or (650) 903-6139. All volunteers will be fingerprinted with LiveScan and will undergo an interview before receiving a volunteer assignment. If you are a high school student seeking to fulfill community service requirements for school, we offer a number of diverse opportunities including special events assistance, youth interaction and mentorships, and office work.
If you or your organization wishes to partner with Mountain View PAL to bring a new program to our youth, please prepare a brief (one page) proposal describing your proposed program and submit it to us at mvpal@mountainview.gov.
Who runs Mountain View PAL?
Mountain View PAL is an independent 501(c)(3) organization affilitated with the Mountain View Police Department. The Executive Director/President of Mountain View PAL is Police Chief Scott S.G. Vermeer. To learn more about the Police Chief or MVPD, please click here.
Mountain View PAL is proud to have the support of the MVPD staff, community members, business leaders, and elected officials who serve on our Boards of Directors. To view a list of Board members, please click here.
Why was Mountain View PAL formed?
Providing recreation, education and other activities is not necessarily a function of a police department due to the fact that recreation departments and school districts already adequately provide many of these opportunities. However, with juvenile violence, gangs and other negative influences in the community, the Mountain View PAL would not be seeking to supplant programming offered by the Recreation Division but, rather, would be performing a very important facet of its primary functions—notably those of crime prevention, protection of property and the preservation of a peaceful community.
Unfortunately, despite the existence of a School Resource Officer program and other outreach programming, many initial contacts between Police Officers and youth still occur in unfavorable circumstances. By introducing a formally structured Police/youth program, a mutual understanding and respect between Police and youth may be established and cultivated. Although the City of Mountain View has a recreation program capable of absorbing its youth population in constructive activities, the absence of a formal framework for developing understanding between Police and youth warrants the reformation of the Mountain View PAL.
What are the goals of Mountain View PAL?
Mountain View PAL was formed to help bring youth under the supervision and constructive influence of responsible adult role models, including police officers, through a variety of sports, educational and recreational activities, to serve as an effective and powerful antidote to juvenile delinquency. Active participation should impact desirable educational, social and personal values; development of a positive self-image; learning of successful interpersonal skills and other life skills that mitigate against the occurrence of juvenile delinquency. Our goal includes providing educational and positive alternatives to gangs, drugs, drug abuse, and other criminal acts through sports, educational, and recreational activities in a supervised, structured, safe, healthy and fun manner.
How is Mountain View PAL affiliated with California PAL?
Mountain View PAL is a member of California PAL (Cal PAL), an umbrella organization providing assistance to PALs throughout California. In July 2005, MVPD applied for and received approval for membership in Cal PAL. Membership in Cal PAL is integral to the success of the Mountain View PAL. Cal PAL not only provides educational opportunities through conferences and workshops and liability insurance at a significantly reduced cost, but it also provides fund-raising assistance and programming at little or no cost. Membership in Cal PAL enables the Mountain View PAL to participate in State-wide PAL events such as the annual Camporee camping trip. Other Cal PAL-sponsored activities include beach play days; trips to Tahoe; "Life After High School" leadership and motivational workshops; Sacramento Experience Day where students are given a chance to see government in action; and boxing, golf, martial arts, basketball and soccer tournaments. Typically, these events are offered at a cost of $5 per participant or less.
