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• Federal Government Rings in the New Year with Strong Support of Mentoring
  December 28, 2007: With vigorous grassroots and MENTOR-led advocacy on Capitol Hill, Congress has allocated $100 million in funding to benefit mentoring organizations throughout the country in fiscal year 2008. More...


• Research in Action Series
  December 12, 2007: MENTOR is pleased to announce the release of an innovative series - Research in Action - that translates the latest scholarly research on mentoring into tangible strategies for mentoring practitioners. More...


• MENTOR Rolls out MentorPRO
  December 4, 2007: MentorPRO® is the first of its kind: an online data tracking and analysis tool that allows organizations to access and track data to better manage Programs, monitor Relationships and evaluate Outcomes. More...


• Mentors of the Year Celebrated at Back to the Bull Party
  November 27, 2007: Five very special individuals were honored with the Corporate Mentor of the Year Award in recognition of the time, talent and energy that they have put into their relationships as mentors for New York City's youth. More...


• MENTOR Board Member Receives America's Promise Alliance Award
  November 19, 2007: On November 13, the Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J., former chancellor of Boston College, received The National Promise of America Founders' award for his role in supporting the health, education and welfare of children at a White House ceremony hosted by First Lady Laura Bush. More...


• First Lady Laura Bush Announces MENTOR's Administration of Demonstration Program
  November 2, 2007: Yesterday, First Lady Laura Bush announced a 30 million dollar initiative to create a nationwide voucher program designed to provide children of incarcerated parents with expanded access to mentoring services. More...


• 2.9M Awarded to Fund National Long-Term Mentoring Study
  October 30, 2007: The National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) has awarded $2.91M over the next five years to the Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) to fund a national study on the effectiveness of the Friends of the Children (FOTC) youth mentoring program. More...


• MENTOR's Vital SafetyNET Program co-sponsored by LifeLock and Newsweek
  September 18, 2007: SafetyNET—a program championed by MENTOR and created by Congress—was established to provide mentoring organizations across the country access to nationwide FBI fingerprint searches. More...


• Department of Education Announces 2007 Mentoring Programs Grants Recipients
  September 11, 2007: Last week, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) awarded 170 grants, ranging in size from $47,573 to $412,743 per year for three years. More...


• MENTOR and the NBA Team Up for Mentoring
  August 27, 2007: MENTOR and NBA Cares, a National Basketball Association (NBA) social responsibility initiative, are teaming up to move the concept of mentoring forward, faster, in communities served by the NBA. More...


• School-based Mentoring National Study Released
  August 6, 2007: Last week, Public/Private Ventures released "Making a Difference in Schools: The Big Brothers Big Sisters School-Based Mentoring Impact Study," a landmark study that examines the efficacy of the school-based mentoring model. More...


• A Powerful Partnership at Work in Connecticut
  July 30, 2007: Webster Bank and Connecticut Mentoring Partnership joined forces five years ago when Webster initiated a mentoring program through its diversity-awareness committee. More...


• Leading Senators in Both Parties Champion Mentoring
  July 23, 2007: Last week, Senators on both sides of the aisle worked diligently to strengthen and raise awareness about mentoring. More...


• MENTOR Featured at 2007 National Conference on Volunteering and Service
  July 10, 2007: Once again this year, mentoring—one of the most rewarding forms of volunteer services—will be highlighted at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service. More...


• The Oprah Winfrey Show and ESSENCE CARES Generate Interest in Mentoring
  June 27, 2007: The level of interest in mentoring generated by the ESSENCE CARES initiative and The Oprah Winfrey Show, "The Man Who 'Adopted' 6,000 Children," which aired in late May, has been impressive. More...


• 1000 Women for Mentoring Honors Muriel Siebert
  June 19, 2007: For busy women, taking time for a special luncheon on a weekday is often last on their to-do lists. But not if it is for a good cause. More...


• Strengthening School-Based Mentoring
  June 12, 2007: Mentoring is a critical element in a child's social, cognitive, and emotional development. In addition, it plays a key role in improving the learning environment for a young person; mentored youth have better attendance and are more connected to their school, schoolwork, and teachers. More...


• MENTOR to Spearhead National Discussion on Accreditation
  June 5, 2007: It is sometimes hard to imagine the incredible power within one person—the power to inspire, to love, and to alter the course of other people's lives. But that is what a responsible, caring adult can offer a child if matched through a formal, high-quality mentoring program. More...


• Mentor and Essence Cares Partner to Promote Mentoring
  May 31, 2007: MENTOR is delighted to announce its partnership with ESSENCE CARES, an initiative of Essence Communications, Inc. Essence is galvanizing the African-American community to address the state of emergency facing children in America today. More...


• Online Forum for Programs Serving Immigrant Youth
  May 25, 2007: In order to connect a caring, adult mentor with every young person who needs or wants one, MENTOR is targeting specific populations. As part of this effort, we are pleased to announce the release of two new resources for mentoring programs serving refugee and immigrant youth. More...


• Telemachan Council Gathers to Support Mentoring
  May 22, 2007: The Telemachan Council is a small group of influential benefactors who are committed to expanding the world of quality mentoring. More...


• Giving Voice to America's Silent Epidemic
  May 15, 2007: Last week, educators, public policymakers, and members of the media as well as a panel of young people gathered at a National Summit on America's Silent Epidemic to bring continued attention to the dropout epidemic. More...


• Mentoring Partnerships Promoting New Initiative
  May 1, 2007: Mentoring Partnerships are connecting—or reconnecting—with their state's First Spouse in the effort to take a leadership role in connecting young people with the power of mentoring. More...


• 1000 Women for Mentoring to Convene for Luncheon
  April 24, 2007: 1000 Women for Mentoring is a special initiative spearheaded by an illustrious group of women that is dedicated to expanding mentoring services across the country and supporting the women who are making it happen. More...


• Research and Policy Council Convened in April
  April 17, 2007: Last week, the Research and Policy Council—made up of the nation's leading mentoring researchers, policy experts, and practitioners and led by Jean Rhodes, professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston—convened to exchange ideas to strengthen youth mentoring. More...


• Senator Examining Impact of Mentoring on Youth Crime and Violence
  April 10, 2007: Concentrating on his home state of Pennsylvania, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R) is doing a lot of listening in order to come up with effective solutions to combat crime and youth violence. More...


• Mentoring Partnerships Go Creative When Raising Awareness
  April 3, 2007: In an effort to raise awareness and enthusiasm for mentoring, Mentoring Partnerships nationwide are outdoing themselves this spring with fun, creative, and meaningful events. More...


• National Volunteer Week Coming Soon
  March 27, 2007: People don't need a special week designated to do good works—to volunteer in their community, mentor a child, or contribute to a cause—but collective enthusiasm and energy do go a long way. This year, April 15-21 is National Volunteer Week. More...


• New Online Events and Training Calendar Launched
  March 20, 2007: MENTOR's new Event Calendar features upcoming mentoring-related conferences and workshops to be held by our network of state and local Mentoring Partnerships, as well as those of government agencies and other organizations. More...


• Governors' Spouses Urged to Get Involved in Mentoring
  February 28, 2007: This past weekend, Governors and their spouses from nearly every state in the nation gathered in Washington, DC for the 2007 National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting. As chair of the NGA Spouses' Program, First Gentleman Daniel Mulhern, a committed champion for mentoring, challenged spouses to take a leadership role in connecting young people with the power of mentoring. More...


• Restoring Mentoring Funding: A First Victory
  February 20, 2007: Last week, Congress gave final approval to the comprehensive spending bill for 2007. The $464-billion bill funds most federal programs at last year's spending levels. Specific language insures that the U.S. Department of Education (ED) must spend $48.8 million on Mentoring Programs grants. More...


• Meet Charmaine and Chris
  February 13, 2007: No matter what role you play in helping bring the power of mentoring to more of America's young people, at the end of the day, our work is all about helping children build a positive future. More...


• Another Successful National Mentoring Month
  February 6, 2007: The sixth annual National Mentoring Month campaign made strides in the effort to raise awareness for the need for youth mentors. Across the country, Mentoring Partnerships led the local effort through a variety of messages and events, including recognition events, media partnerships, corporate engagement, and legislative advocacy. More...


• Celebrating Excellence at Mentoring's Big Night
  January 30, 2007: It was palpable—the excitement around the life-changing effects of mentoring and all the countless people and organizations that continue to work to bring the power of mentoring to many more kids nationwide. Mentoring's Big Night to Gab, Graze, & Groove, held Thursday, January 25, 2007 in New York City. More...


• Congressional Leaders Take Up Mentoring Cause
  January 23, 2007: The new 110th session of Congress is likely to take up several issues affecting mentoring, including funding levels for mentoring grant programs and the reauthorization of SafetyNET. More...


• Celebrating National Mentoring Month Coast to Coast
  January 16, 2007: Mentoring Partnerships from coast to coast are spotlighting youth mentoring through celebrations, sporting events, forums, conferences, and proclamations similar to those issued by the White House. More...


• Lionsgate Films and MENTOR Share the Pride of Mentoring
  January 9, 2007: A new film will open in theaters this spring that captures the powerful connection between caring adults and young people who want and need their guidance. More...


• National Mentoring Month Celebrations Kick Off the New Year
  January 2, 2007: January is National Mentoring Month (NMM) and this year’s celebrations are bigger and better than ever. Spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project, MENTOR and the Corporation for National and Community Service, NMM focuses national attention on the need for youth mentors. More...


• 2006: A Successful Year For Mentoring
  December 19, 2006: 2006 was an extraordinary year for mentoring. As the year draws to a close, please join us in celebrating the mentoring field’s many achievements. More...


• Celebrating the Season
  December 12, 2006: As the holiday season approaches, MENTOR thanks all those who work on behalf of youth and mentoring. The holidays are a special time of giving and sharing, offering both opportunities and challenges for mentor/mentee matches. More...


• Mentoring Celebrated at Back to the Bull Market Party
  November 21, 2006: The annual Back to the Bull Market Party, held at the Copacabana in New York City, began with a private reception and awards ceremony followed by a sensational party attended by more than 1,000 young New York corporate and financial services professionals. More...


• Study Reinforces Role Caring Adults Can Play
  November 15, 2006: An important study released today by America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth finds that when youth receive at least four out of five fundamental resources – or "promises" – their life chances for success dramatically increase. More...


• NY State Offers Time Off for Mentoring
  November 7, 2006: Young people throughout the state of New York can look forward to more mentoring opportunities, thanks to a new employee leave policy signed into effect by Governor George Pataki. The policy enables state workers to use time during the workday to mentor young people. More...


• Communities Selected for New Tracking and Evaluation System
  October 31, 2006: We are pleased to announce that six communities have been selected to participate in beta testing MentorPRO, a web-based tracking and evaluation system. Beginning in November, MENTOR will engage select Mentoring Partnerships and mentoring programs to ensure that the prototype meets the needs of the mentoring field. More...


• Partnership Gathers State's Top Leaders
  October 25, 2006: Maryland Mentoring Partnership Gathers State's Top Business Leaders for Special Session on Mentoring Maryland's business leaders convened in Baltimore last week to celebrate the successes of The Maryland Mentoring Partnership and to consider how to leverage those successes for the... More...


• MENTOR Spotlights Mentoring Leaders
  October 17, 2006: The mentoring movement has evolved into one of the most promising ways to support and help youth achieve their full potential. Meet the leaders of this burgeoning movement on "Faces of Mentoring" at Mentoring.org. More...


• Oregon Celebrates Mentoring
  October 10, 2006: Oregon Mentors held their much anticipated third Annual Mentor Recognition and Awards on September 27, 2006. The event recognizes outstanding supporters of mentoring. More...


• New Forum for Exchange Among Nation's Mentoring Leaders
  October 3, 2006: Through its Research and Policy Council, MENTOR has established a vital new forum for exchange among the nation's leading mentoring researchers, policy experts and practitioners. More...


• Symposium Emphasizes Quality Mentoring Relationships
  September 26, 2006: At a time when many mentoring programs are feeling pressure to focus on quantity over quality, one central message is being echoed by top researchers in the field: the quality of mentoring relationships is paramount if young people are to be truly helped by the mentoring experience. More...


• Gov. Pataki Signs Bill to Protect Youth in Mentoring Programs
  September 19, 2006: In an important step to safeguard children, on August 16, New York Governor George Pataki signed the Safe Mentoring Act into law, giving mentoring programs access to state background information on potential mentors. More...


• 100 Black Men of America Honors MENTOR at 20th Anniversary Leadership Conference
  September 12, 2006: This past weekend, 100 Black Men of America recognized MENTOR'S Board of Directors with the 2006 Chairman's Award for Legislative Advocacy for Community and Youth Empowerment. More...


• Gear Up for the New School Year With the Latest Mentoring News and Resources
  September 5, 2006: As young people across the nation return to school, this is a great time to make sure you have access to the latest news and information about mentoring and its vital role in helping young people realize their potential. More...


• Building Cultural Competence and Diversity
  August 29, 2006: While the phrase "cultural competence" may seem relatively new, it is a serious issue that has had powerful impact on the effectiveness of mentoring programs. More...


• Mentoring Partnership Uses Grants to Make MENTOR Resources Available Across NC
  August 22, 2006: Mentoring Partnerships across the country are strengthening mentoring by offering regional training and technical assistance this fall. More...


• SafetyNET Goes Nationwide
  August 15, 2006: Mentoring programs in Montana, Tennessee and Virginia can now benefit from the nationwide FBI fingerprint searches offered through SafetyNET. Congress has extended the pilot until June 2008 and enabled mentoring organizations in all 50 states to use the national SafetyNET system. More...


• Governor Jeb Bush Applauds Florida's Teen Mentors: Lauds Their Role in Education
  August 8, 2006: Florida's Teen Trendsetters are leading mentoring programs in their communities and recruiting their peers to help elementary school students build their reading skills. More...


• U.S. Dept of Ed Gives Mentoring a Boost in PA
  August 1, 2006: Efforts to expand mentoring throughout the state of Pennsylvania are getting a major boost, thanks to a new series of free workshops sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. More...


• Applied Research: MetLife Foundation Funds Innovative New Tool for Practitioners
  July 25, 2006: The MetLife Foundation and MENTOR have joined forces to support the development of a new interactive toolkit for the mentoring community. More...


• Upcoming Conferences Offer Opportunities for Learning and Networking
  July 18, 2006: Late summer and early fall are promising to be exciting and active seasons for mentoring as Mentoring Partnerships and other organizations across the country gear up to host dynamic mentoring conferences. More...


• Groups Move National Agenda for Action Forward
  July 11, 2006: The federal government is stepping up its already strong leadership role in mentoring with the formation of the new Federal Mentoring Council. More...


• Pro Sports Teams Encourage Fans to Get in the Game
  June 27, 2006: Three Mentoring Partnerships have teamed with local professional sports franchises to support mentoring and help increase the number of available mentors. More...


• MENTOR Receives American Business Award for Outstanding Community Service
  June 20, 2006: MENTOR was one of five organizations and individuals to receive an honorary Stevie Award at the 2006 American Business Awards on June 12. More...


• 2006 National Conference on Volunteering and Service
  June 13, 2006: As part of the 2006 National Conference on Volunteering and Service, MENTOR will conduct workshops and host an exhibit booth next week in Seattle, Washington. More...


• MENTOR Hosts 1st Annual Women's Leadership Luncheon for Mentoring
  June 6, 2006: Helping the next generation is the simple message at the heart of mentoring, and was the theme of MENTOR's first annual Women's Leadership Luncheon, held on June 5, 2006 in New York City. More...


• How to Be a Great Mentor Guide Now Available for Pre-Order
  May 30, 2006: How to Be a Great Mentor--the highly effective guide developed by Newsweek, Kaplan and MENTOR and first published in 1999--is being reprinted through the generous support of Newsweek. More...


• Leslie Gelb Addresses the Telemachan Council Newsmaker Dinner
  May 24, 2006: Renowned journalist, author and foreign policy expert Leslie Gelb was the guest speaker for the annual Telemachan Council "Newsmaker Dinner," held on May 22 at Top of the Rock, high above midtown Manhattan. More...


• New Study Determines Who Is Most Likely to Mentor
  May 16, 2006: The Corporation for National and Community Service recently unveiled new research that sheds light on the dimensions of the mentoring gap and the characteristics of volunteers who mentor. More...


• Mentoring in America 2005: A Snapshot of the Current State of Mentoring
  May 10, 2006: The mentoring field has made significant progress toward closing the mentoring gap according to a national study commissioned by MENTOR. More...


• Gala Spotlights Winning Pairs And Plan To Close America's Mentoring Gap
  May 4, 2006: Beginning with a press conference yesterday morning, leaders from government, nonprofit, and corporate America unveiled a national plan to close the mentoring gap. More...


• National Agenda for Action Unveiled
  May 4, 2006: The new National Agenda for Action: How to Close America's Mentoring Gap, was released May 3. Created as a roadmap of what we must do to close the mentoring gap, the it identifies 21 action items focused around five interconnected strategic areas. More...


• MENTOR to Showcase Six Outstanding Mentoring Pairs
  April 25, 2006: Six mentoring pairs from across the nation will be honored during MENTOR'S Spotlight on Mentoring Gala on May 3 in Washington, DC. Selected to receive the first-ever MENTOR's Spotlight Awards, the honorees represent the great diversity of the mentoring field. More...


• Enhance Mentor Recruitment Efforts by Understanding What Motivates Volunteers
  April 18, 2006: Enhance Mentor Recruitment Efforts by Understanding What Motivates Volunteers Mentoring programs can enhance their mentor recruitment and retention efforts by understanding what motivates individuals to volunteer and tailoring recruitment messages and mentoring experiences accordingly. In the latest "Research Corner" article... More...


• NCY Report Highlights Two Mentoring Success Stories
  April 11, 2006: National Collaboration for Youth Report Highlights Two Mentoring Success Stories Two mentoring programs – Across Ages and Health Adventures – are among 10 case studies included in Making a Difference in the Lives of Youth, a new publication from the... More...


• First Gentleman and Mentor Michigan Leadership Council Boost Recruitment Effort
  April 4, 2006: First Gentleman and Mentor Michigan Leadership Council Boost Recruitment Effort The recently established Mentor Michigan Leadership Council has partnered with Detroit's College for Creative Studies to develop a series of public service announcements (PSAs) to be shown throughout the state... More...


• Liberty Mutual Releases Report on $1 Million Mentoring Initiative
  March 28, 2006: Liberty Mutual Releases Report on $1 Million Mentoring Initiative The positive impact of mentoring on low-income children in Massachusetts is just one of the findings of a recent report released by Liberty Mutual Group on the results of its two-year,... More...


• MENTOR to Unveil National Agenda for Action
  March 21, 2006: On May 3, the nation will have a new roadmap for bringing the benefits of quality mentoring to millions more young Americans. At a media event and gala that day, MENTOR will unveil the National Agenda for Action: How to Close America's Mentoring Gap. More...


• Upcoming Audio-Conference On Integrating Mentoring And After-School Programming
  March 16, 2006: Upcoming Audio-Conference On Integrating Mentoring And After-School Programming The Forum for Youth Investment will host an Out-of-School Time Audio-Conference on March 21, 2006 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. EST on Integrating Mentoring and After-School. This free audio conference builds on... More...


• Get the Mentoring News that Matters to You
  March 7, 2006: Get the Mentoring News that Matters to You It's an all-too-familiar dilemma: You don't have enough time in the day to read all of your e-mails, yet you want to keep up on the latest mentoring news. MENTOR has the... More...


• MENTOR Award Presented to National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program
  March 3, 2006: Excellence in Mentoring Award Presented to National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program Sometimes once is not enough. So earlier this week, MENTOR's Excellence in Mentoring Award was re-presented to the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program at the First Annual ChalleNGe Champions... More...


• Connecticut to Develop Urban Mentoring Initiative
  February 27, 2006: Connecticut to Develop Urban Mentoring Initiative The Connecticut Mentoring Partnership is breaking new ground with an Urban Mentoring Initiative that gives special emphasis to connecting young people 16 to 24 years of age with mentors – a crucial time for... More...


• MENTOR Co-founder Ray Chambers Named to President's Council
  February 23, 2006: MENTOR Co-founder Ray Chambers Named to President's Council on Service and Civic Participation At a White House ceremony last week, President George W. Bush welcomed MENTOR Co-founder Ray Chambers and 20 other prominent Americans to the President's Council on Service... More...


• Freddie Mac to Sponsor MENTOR's Spotlight Award
  February 13, 2006: Freddie Mac to Sponsor MENTOR's Spotlight Award: Nominate Your Outstanding Mentoring Pairs! As part of its ongoing efforts to improve the community and open doors for children and their families, Freddie Mac, a prominent player in the home mortgage financing... More...


• A Memorable Fifth Anniversary for National Mentoring Month
  February 6, 2006: A Memorable Fifth Anniversary for National Mentoring Month Taking some very creative approaches, Mentoring Partnerships celebrated the fifth anniversary of National Mentoring Month (NMM) in January by promoting ways that businesses, government agencies, schools, faith communities and nonprofits can work... More...


• MENTOR Co-founders Honored with Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award
  January 30, 2006: MENTOR Co-founders Honored with Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award This evening in New York City, MENTOR co-founders Geoff Boisi and Ray Chambers will each receive the Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award from the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) for a... More...


• NMM Celebrations on Both Coasts
  January 20, 2006: NMM Celebrations on Both Coasts The month of January may be winding down, but NMM activities are in full swing around the country – and there's more to come as communities gear up to celebrate "Thank Your Mentor Day" on... More...


• Presidents Past and Present Support National Mentoring Month 2006
  January 18, 2006: Presidents Past and Present Support National Mentoring Month 2006 National Mentoring Month is a time to focus national attention on the need for youth mentoring. And who better to lead the charge than two of the nation’s top leaders, President... More...


• Special Events Keep NMM 2006 in the Public Eye
  January 13, 2006: Special Events Keep NMM 2006 in the Public Eye With all the NMM events going on across the country, the word is spreading about mentoring. Commuters entering Boston’s South Station are finding lots of information about mentoring opportunities during the... More...


• New MENTOR Spotlight Award Will Recognize Outstanding Mentoring Pair
  January 10, 2006: New MENTOR Spotlight Award Will Recognize Outstanding Mentoring Pair If, like us, you think that great mentoring relationships deserve to be recognized, then we invite you to nominate your most outstanding mentoring pairs for the inaugural MENTOR's Spotlight Award. This... More...


• A Great Beginning for NMM 2006
  January 6, 2006: A Great Beginning for NMM 2006 Mentoring Partnerships from around the country are celebrating National Mentoring Month 2006 in a big way. Here's a glimpse of what's been taking place. North Carolina Governor Easley signed a proclamation on January 4... More...


• National Mentoring Month 2006: It's Time to Celebrate
  December 30, 2005: National Mentoring Month 2006: It's Time to Celebrate National Mentoring Month (NMM) celebrations will be bigger and better than ever in 2006, with a host of new and innovative approaches. Spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project and MENTOR, NMM focuses... More...


• Innovation Marks Year for Mentoring Partnerships
  December 30, 2005: Innovation Marks Year for Mentoring Partnerships What do comedian Ray Romano, corporate CEOs and teens have in common? All have participated in extraordinary efforts this year to advance youth mentoring on behalf of Mentoring Partnerships around the country. As this... More...


• Congress Extends SafetyNET Through June 2008
  December 20, 2005: Congress has extended the program through June 2008. Without the extension to SafetyNET, mentoring programs would have been forced to return to using less comprehensive and often more expensive background searches. More...


• Elements of Effective Practice and Companion Tool Kit Now Available in Spanish
  December 16, 2005: Elements of Effective Practice and Companion Tool Kit Now Available in Spanish In July 2005, MENTOR released a comprehensive tool kit that shows organizations How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective Practice. Now, thanks to... More...


• Foster Care Youth Can Benefit from Mentoring
  December 9, 2005: In the latest "Research Corner" article at Mentoring.org, Dr. Jean Rhodes discusses how mentoring can help an especially vulnerable segment of young people -- children in foster care, as well as those who are in the process of transitioning out of the foster care system. More...


• Study Confirms Strong Interest in Standardized System to Track, Evaluate Mentoring Data
  November 23, 2005: A comprehensive study has confirmed that mentoring organizations want a standardized system to track and assess data so they can better manage their programs, manage mentoring relationships and evaluate outcomes. Based on these findings, MENTOR is moving forward with development of a system called MentorPRO. More...


• Mentoring Takes Center Stage at Annual Back to the Bull Market Celebration
  November 14, 2005: Demonstrating its enthusiastic and heartfelt commitment to mentoring, New York's corporate and financial services communities came out in full force on Thursday, November 10, to celebrate mentoring and to honor the 2005 Corporate Mentors of the Year. More...


• Bi-partisan Leadership Introduces Bill to Extend SafetyNET
  November 4, 2005: Senators Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today introduced S. 1961 to extend and support the SafetyNET background checks pilot program. The pilot is currently slated to end on January 31, 2006 – so S. 1961 is essential to ensuring that mentoring programs continue to have access to timely, thorough and affordable background searches. More...


• Mentoring Highlighted at White House Conference
  October 31, 2005: Yesterday, First Lady Laura Bush hosted a conference focused on helping America's young people. The conference was the culmination of the First Lady's work over the past year in which she has visited a number of communities and youth-serving organizations around the country. More...


• Delaware Governor Signs Executive Order Encouraging State Employees to Mentor
  October 3, 2005: Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner signed an executive order on Friday to implement the Governor's Mentoring Initiative, which encourages state employees to mentor school-aged children. Delaware estimates that 17,000 youth across the state could especially benefit from having a mentoring relationship. More...


• Geoff Boisi, Ray Chambers Honored by the National Human Services Assembly
  September 9, 2005: Citing MENTOR Co-founders Geoff Boisi and Ray Chambers for their extraordinary leadership, foresight and dedication to the mentoring of America's young people, the National Human Services Assembly bestowed its Excellence in Board Leadership Award on the two men during the Assembly's National Leaders Summit. More...


• Handbook of Youth Mentoring: Invaluable New Asset for Mentoring Community
  September 1, 2005: Whatever your interest in youth mentoring – as a practitioner, researcher or policymaker – you can benefit from the new Handbook of Youth Mentoring, a comprehensive compendium of current theory, research and practice in the youth mentoring field. More...


• New Tool Kit Is a "Must Have" for Effective Mentoring Efforts
  July 7, 2005: MENTOR has just released a comprehensive tool kit that shows organizations How to Build a Successful Mentoring Program Using the Elements of Effective Practice. More...


• Celebrating the Power and Scope of Mentoring
  June 17, 2005: Mentoring's power to transform young lives was on display Tuesday evening, June 14, as leaders from the business, government, sports and entertainment worlds gathered in New York for Mentoring's Big Night, an annual tribute to the best in mentoring. More...


• MENTOR Applauds BBBS Commitment
  June 8, 2005: At a news conference today, Big Brothers Big Sisters reaffirmed their commitment to serve more than one million at-risk children annually by continuing to expand its youth mentoring platform to reach the most at-risk children nationwide. More...


• Effort Launched to Identify the 100 Best Communities for Young People
  May 20, 2005: America's Promise Alliance has launched an effort to identify the 100 Best Communities for Young People. It will be an annual event to provide national recognition to communities for their youth-focused practices and policies. More...


• Senate Majority Leader Says Mentoring Matters
  April 29, 2005: "Mentoring matters." That message came through loud and clear as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist spoke to members of MENTOR's Telemachan Council, a small group of influential leaders who are committed to expanding the world of quality mentoring. Senator Frist made his remarks during the group's annual newsmaker dinner, which was held on April 25th. More...


• President Bush Holds Round Table Discussion on Mentoring
  April 1, 2005: "…If you want to serve America, become a mentor." That was the challenge President Bush issued to Americans this morning following a round-table discussion on the Administration's new Helping America's Youth Initiative, which the First Lady is leading and which encourages faith-based and community-based organizations to provide alternatives to gangs. More...


• White House Makes Mentoring Focus of Annual Easter Egg Roll
  March 28, 2005: Mentoring was the focus of this year's annual White House Easter Egg Roll. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, who presided over the event, noted in her remarks, "Mentoring is special work. It can be as simple as reading a book or talking through a problem with a child..." More...


• Excellence In Mentoring Award Honorees
  March 22, 2005: MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership has announced it will present the 2005 Excellence in Mentoring Award to Sir Fred Goodwin of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group; Danny, Russell and Joseph "Rev. Run" Simmons, founders of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation; and Anthony K. Shriver, founder of Best Buddies International. More...


• The Faces of Todays Mentoring Movement
  March 15, 2005: This new section of Mentoring.org gives you a brief look into the hearts and minds of some of mentoring's leaders -- men and women who have played an integral role in expanding the world of quality mentoring. More...


• Making Mentoring a National Priority
  January 3, 2005: Now in its fourth year, this comprehensive public-service campaign aims to focus media attention on mentoring: what it is, how it helps young people achieve their potential and how individuals and organizations can get involved. More...


• MENTOR Launches After-School Program Clearinghouse
  June 28, 2004: MENTOR Launches After-School Program Clearinghouse After-school program coordinators looking for valuable mentor program development, training and other resources can now find them free and online at Mentoring.org/afterschool. With a generous grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership... More...


• Mentoring's Big Night Is a Great Success
  May 26, 2004: Mentoring's Big Night Is a Great Success Six hundred mentoring supporters were on hand to honor Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. and the U.S. Dream Academy, Inc. as they received Excellence in Mentoring Awards at Mentoring's Big Night at Pier... More...


• National Mentoring Month 2004
  February 6, 2004: National Mentoring Month 2004 State Mentoring Partnerships Take the Lead in Spotlighting Mentoring With National Mentoring Month as the backdrop, State Mentoring Partnerships used the month of January to focus national attention on youth mentoring – how it benefits young... More...


• President Bush Cites Mentoring in State of Union Address
  January 6, 2004: President Bush Cites Mentoring in State of Union Address; Issues National Proclamation Among the honored guests at last night’s State of the Union address was a mentoring pair from Minnesota: 13 year-old David Moreno and his mentor, Jim Diesing. The... More...


• Mentoring Funding
  December 19, 2003: Mentoring Funding Slated for Historic Increases: $100 Million for Mentoring In a major success for the mentoring community, Congress is set to dramatically increase federal funding for mentoring grants to $100 million. MENTOR worked in partnership with mentoring organizations across... More...


• SafetyNET Pilot Program
  August 14, 2003: SafetyNET Pilot Program Safeguarding our young people is paramount for mentoring organizations. Beginning August 15, mentor screening will reach a new level of security with the launch of the SafetyNET Pilot Program. SafetyNET will give many mentoring organizations an opportunity,... More...


• Mentorings Big Night
  June 20, 2003: Tom Brokaw, Tom Cruise, Bank of America & Ernst & Young Saluted at Mentoring’s Big Night in New York The red carpet was rolled out for four of America’s most dedicated supporters of youth mentoring last night at New York’s... More...


• Ray Chambers
  June 10, 2003: Points of Light Foundation Honors Ray Chambers Celebrating a lifetime of achievement and volunteerism, The Points of Light Foundation honored Ray Chambers, co-founder of MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, with the Lenore and George Romney Citizen Volunteer Award at the foundation’s annual... More...


• Bear Stearns
  May 15, 2003: Bear Stearns Reaches Out to Young Victims of 9/11 In a major new initiative, Bear Stearns is launching a mentoring program for children who lost a parent or caregiver in the aftermath of 9/11. This pilot program is unique in... More...


• President Signs PROTECT Act
  May 8, 2003: President Signs PROTECT Act Yesterday, President Bush signed into law the PROTECT Act, a child protection law that, among other provisions, includes a pilot program for streamlining national background checks for human service organizations – a critical part of the... More...


• President Bush
  January 29, 2003: President Bush Calls for Infusion of Money into Mentoring and Challenges Americans to Mentor MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership salutes the President for his leadership and commitment to the important role that mentors play in the lives of young people. Last night... More...