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Mentoring
Swells Into "a Movement"
USA
Today
"'Mentoring
is finally a movement,' says Susan Weinberger
of the Mentor Consulting Group...[Weinberger]
says government support for mentoring programs
is at an all-time high, and programs themselves
have improved, creating better screening processes
and better organization of their national efforts.
Volunteers are stepping forward in record numbers;
the number of one-to-one matches for Big Brothers
Big Sisters has climbed from 110,000 in 1999 to
210,000 in 2003."
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Guiding
Lights: Mentors Are There For Kids Who Need Reliable
Adults in Their Lives
Sacramento
Bee
"The
Lunch Buddies mentoring program has made a tangible
difference at Parkway Elementary, according to
Deborah Franklin. The school serves students from
the troubled Franklin Villa neighborhood, and
many of them deal with poverty, violence and neglect,
she said. 'There are a lot of social and emotional
issues in their lives that prevent them from learning,'
Franklin said. 'But just having somebody in these
kids' lives that thinks they are special enough
to take time out of their day to spend it with
them—it inspires them.'"
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Mentors
May Not Even Know Who They Are
Star
Tribune (Twin Cities)
"Never
too far beneath the surface lies the memory of
a passing comment, a chance remark that someone
made that felt like a bolt of lightning. Many
of us have had such a moment, whether it happened
in elementary school—or yesterday. Sometimes,
those few words led to a continuing conversation;
other times, the words stood unembellished. But
in all cases, the exchange changed our perspective
on ourselves and what was possible."
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Mentoring:
Importance of Reaching Out To Help Young People
Houston
Chronicle
"A
recent national survey of 1,000 Americans found
that more than half of those interviewed believed
volunteering their time to a charitable cause
was more important than giving money. Personal
involvement in helping others, rather than personal
checks, was the majority's clear choice. There
are countless needy areas for volunteer work,
of course, but there is none greater, nor more
personal and more rewarding than serving as a
mentor for young people."
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