posted on 08-20-2008 at 05:23AM
Mentoring children of prisoners has been a hot topic in the news over the past week. Here's another great article about a program in New Zealand: http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/mentors-key-pillars039-service/5/2144 /> MENTOR has a program - Mentoring Children of Prisoners: Caregiver's Choice: http://www.mentoring.org/find_resources/caregiverschoic...
posted on 08-19-2008 at 11:08AM
Great Article: Former prison inmates Jonah Souza and Palema Roberts are turning their lives around. You could say they are dancing away from drugs and crime. Free time means something extra to them, and they are lending some of their free time to speak to children about staying out of trouble. read the full article at: http://www.mauinews.com/page/co...
posted on 08-15-2008 at 05:43AM
First and foremost, Caregiver’s Choice is about mentoring relationships. MENTOR’s role is to bring mentoring programs and children with incarcerated parents together to facilitate quality new mentoring relationships. Caregiver’s Choice makes it possible for many more kids across the country to have mentors, and for many more families to...
posted on 08-14-2008 at 06:46AM
JOLIET -- The Joliet Community Action Network Male Mentoring Program was launched in December 2007 to address the needs of African-American males between the ages of 12-18 in the Joliet community. The mentoring initiative focuses on building character and interpersonal skills, decreasing the high school dropout rate, preventing the use of alcohol and oth...
posted on 08-13-2008 at 07:04AM
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has placed the Senate Background Checks bill (S. 2756) on the General Calendar to be called up before the full Senate. This is significant because once a bill has been placed on the calendar it can be "hotlined." This procedure can expedite consideration of the bill, which is...
posted on 08-13-2008 at 07:01AM
Earlier this summer, Sens. John Kerry (D-MA), Arlen Specter (R-PA), Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Norm Coleman (R-MN) introduced a major new bill crucial to the field of mentoring: The Mentoring For All Act of 2008 (S. 3200). It is a Senate-only bill which creates a competitive grant fund of $50 million to strengthen and grow mentoring infrastructure-...
posted on 08-13-2008 at 06:50AM
Congress has left town for the month of August. Rumors are circulating that because this is a presidential election year there won’t be much time remaining before Congress adjourns for this session. There is still much for us to accomplish, however, and we know that with your continued help it can be done. Learn more at: http://www.mentoring.org/ta...
posted on 08-13-2008 at 06:26AM
Center seeks award nominations ANNAPOLIS - The Volunteer Center for Anne Arundel County and the Anne Arundel Mentoring Roundtable is now accepting nominations for the fourth annual Mentoring Awards. The awards celebrate community members who work in positive youth development. Nomination categories include: school-based, business-based, faith-based and...
posted on 08-12-2008 at 12:09PM
Intel’s new microsite, Inspired by Education, is a community designed to improve education around the world by highlighting inspirational people, places, and moments in education. The Inspire Web site encourages visitors to share personal stories about their educational experiences, send a moving story to a friend, and to learn more about and get...
posted on 08-11-2008 at 10:34AM
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