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Change a Life — Become a Mentor

 

Since 1990, United Way’s Campaign for Mentors has worked year-round to provide access to a mentor for every young person in the Philadelphia region who needs one. With well over 100,000 school-age children in the region facing problems such as poverty, teen pregnancy, and violence, positive adult role models are more important than ever. Through its Campaign for Mentors, United Way funds mentoring programs that serve nearly 5,000 youth each year, advises more than 85 additional programs, and trains hundreds of mentors and program leaders.

If you are interested in becoming a mentor call 866-MENTOR3

 

Mentoring Resources

• Questions About Youth Mentoring
• VIDEO - How mentoring is changing the lives of area students (NBC10)

Mentoring Resources Online

• www.mentoring.org
• www.wwscholars.org/guide/
• www.bbbssepa.org
• www.phillyasap.org

Mentoring News…

 

January is National Mentoring Month

United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania is calling on adults throughout the region to make a difference in the lives of young people by becoming mentors during National Mentoring Month. Now in its eighth year, National Mentoring Month is intended to raise awareness of the power of mentoring, recruit mentors, enlist businesses and other organizations in promoting mentoring to their members, and honor mentors for their impact in the community.

 

10 Ways to get Involved for National Mentoring Month

1. Be a mentor in your community. Call 866-MENTOR3 and learn how.
2. Learn more about mentoring.
3. Be a part of Shadowing Day by inviting students to your office for the day.
4. Tell 5 friends about National Mentoring Month.
5. Think about the mentors in your life and post a tribute to them online.
6. Watch videos of celebrities such as Quincy Jones, Sting, Cal Ripken, Jr., talk about the mentors in their lives.
7. Read the latest research and find resources on mentoring.
8. Go to YouTube on Thank Your Mentor Day™ (January 22nd) and make the National Mentoring Month videos the most popular of the day!
9. Serve your community on MLK Day of Service by deciding to become a mentor.
10. Make a donation to United Way so that we may continue to support mentoring programs throughout the region.

President-elect Obama Promotes Mentoring in The New York Times

The December 19, 2008 edition of The New York Times included a public service advertisement showing President-elect Barack Obama encouraging readers to “Be the change: mentor a child.”

The advertisement is a call to action from ServiceNation and National Mentoring Month partners - The Harvard School of Public Health, MENTOR and the Corporation for National and Community Service - and is timed to coincide with January's National Mentoring Month activities. The call to action also is benefiting from the leadership of Be the Change, Civic Enterprises, City Year, and the Points of Light Institute.

Marian Heard, MENTOR's Vice Chair, said, "We are absolutely thrilled that President-elect Obama is taking immediate action on his commitment to deepen and strengthen the country's commitment to service, including service as volunteer mentors for the millions of young people who need them."

Newsweek magazine has agreed to print the Obama ad pro bono, and additional publications are being approached to do the same.

For full text of the full article, go to The New York Times online.