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15 million kids need a mentor in their lives today!

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:56:00 -0400

Do you remember who mentored you? Who helped you get where you are in life? Please return the favor! Mentor a child in your community!

Mentoring Immigrant Youth

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:20:48 -0400

Today, one in five children in the United States is a child of immigrants; and by 2040, it is projected that one in three will be the child of an immigrant (Rong & Preissle, 1998). Many of these youth bring with them remarkable strengths, however, their journey presents a number of challenges. Many are settling in highly segregated neighborhoods of deep poverty. Immigrant parents often find themselves working long hours, making it difficult for them to monitor their childrenâ€™s progress and activities and understand their childrenâ€™s experiences (C. SuÃ¡rez-Orozco & M. SuÃ¡rez-...

Fostering Positive Outcomes

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:18:39 -0400

Fostering Positive Outcomes: How Mentoring Can Help Children and Adolescents in Foster Care

Each year, over a quarter of a million children are removed from their homes and placed in foster care, usually as a result of abuse or neglect.1 Perhaps not surprisingly, as compared with other children, youth in foster care experience a range of mental health problems, including depression, aggression and withdrawal. They often suffer grief due to the separation from or loss of relationships with their natural parents. In addition, they may have difficulty adjusting to new and often ch...

Strategies For Recruiting And Retaining Volunteers

Tue, 11 Sep 2007 23:16:00 -0400

“No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.” – Helen Keller

Although most people view mentoring as a worthwhile pursuit, far fewer actually step forward and volunteer. Consequently, despite strenuous efforts, many programs struggle to recruit enough volunteers for all of the children who need them. It is not uncommon for a child to spend a year or more on a waiting list to get a mentor.

A major barrier is the fact that, unlike other forms of volunteering, mentoring requires a sustained and relatively intensive commitment. In commun...