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Letters: Badly needed: Male mentors
Philadelphia Daily News
IF YOU'RE a successful adult male, you can probably think back and recall many older men who helped mold you into who you are today.
Your father. Big brother. Uncles. The electrician down the block. We all stood on the shoulders of giants to get a better look at our future. Today, young African-American boys all across the city are looking for those giants with shoulders.
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http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20081031_Letters__Badly_needed__Male_mentors.html
Posted by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership on 10/31/2008 @ 04:10AM PT
Program provides tutors, mentors for students
ABERDEEN — The school district and a local church are partnering for a mentoring program for students that will provide tutoring as well as guidance from community volunteers.
"This program began as a partnership between the district and the Community Bible Fellowship Church," said Wayne Spells, principal of the Cambridge Park Elementary School and director of special programs for the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District. "This program is meant to help students during a time period when they are more likely to engage in questionable activity, once outside of school."
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http://independent.gmnews.com/news/2008/1030/front_page/007.html
learn more about mentoring at:
http://www.mentoring.org
Posted by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership on 10/30/2008 @ 04:30AM PT
Middle school mentoring program ready to expand
A Brooks Middle School mentoring program is expanding into an academy for African-American boys in both Oak Park District 97 middle schools.
The district plans to start a Leadership Academy for Young African-American Men.
The schools want to work with students having trouble academically or behaviorally, Multicultural Education Administrator Lynn Allen said.
read the full article at:
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/oakpark/schools/1246975,op-brooks-102908-s1.article
learn more about mentoring at:
http://www.mentoring.org
Posted by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership on 10/29/2008 @ 04:11AM PT
Consider becoming a mentor to a youngster
FACTS
Three million children are currently enrolled in a mentoring program, yet 15 million more still are in need.
These youth are:
73 percent more likely to begin using alcohol
63 percent more likely to skip a class
54 percent more likely to begin using illegal drugs
Mentors help children develop self-confidence, relationship skills, and a positive attitude toward school and life.
Nearly 70 percent of inner-city fourth-graders are unable to read at a basic level.
read the full article at:
http://www.modbee.com/life/yourhealth/story/476851.html
learn more about mentoring at:
http://www.mentoring.org
Posted by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership on 10/27/2008 @ 03:18PM PT
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Posted by Heather Mansfield on 10/25/2008 @ 03:35PM PT
Parish gets mentoring program for at-risk youth
“Once we had saturated those areas, we wanted to move into the community over here (in the parish),” Coalition Director Chuck Mayfield said.
Those at the meeting included members of the coalition and representatives of the Concordia Parish School District.
The goal of the mentoring program is to have an adult who can act as a support and a barrier from bad influences for children who have an incarcerated parent, said Alethia Lawrence, who will head up the Concordia Parish wing of the program.
read the full article at:
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2008/oct/25/parish-gets-mentoring-program--risk-youth/
learn more about mentoring at:
http://www.mentoring.org
Posted by MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership on 10/25/2008 @ 10:05AM PT