Everything about Mentor totally explained
MENTOR / The National Mentoring Partnership is an advocate and resource for
mentoring in the
United States. It is a a
501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, with headquarters in
Alexandria, Virginia.
Mentoring is a tool for helping children and youth succeed in life. Although nearly 17.6-million young Americans need or want a
mentor, only about three million are in formal, high-quality mentoring relationships. That means nearly 15-million young people are still in need today.
MENTOR’s mission is to expand the power of mentoring to the millions of young Americans who want or need adult role models.
MENTOR shares information, national standards, and best practices so that the mentoring community can work effectively and efficiently. It works with the organizations that directly match and oversee the mentor-mentee pairs, and helps individuals
mentoring opportunity in their communities
.
Throughout the month of January - National Mentoring Month - and year-round, the
Harvard Mentoring Project, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, and the
Corporation for National and Community Service are spearheading the effort to raise awareness of ways that individuals can lend their support to this important cause. People interested in becoming mentors are asked to go to
MENTOR official website
, where they can find organizations offering mentoring opportunities in their local community. WhoMentoredYou project features videos of Quincy Jones, Clint Eastwood, Oprah Winfrey, Colin Powell, and other well-known individuals
talking about their mentors
. Watch
Go There!
mentoring public service announcement featuring
George Lopez,
Susan Essman,
Cheryl Hines,
Bob Costas,
Oscar De La Hoya,
Dan Marino, and
Jamie Hector.
MENTOR co-founders
Geoff Boisi and
Ray Chambers each received the
Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award from the
National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) for a lifetime of outstanding service to children. Boisi and Chambers are credited with galvanizing the nation to create the youth mentoring movement.
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