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JANUARY IS NATIONAL MENTOR MONTH

A Message from Maria Sastre
President & CEO
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We know Mentors are the answer…

As we begin a new year, we, at Take Stock in Children, also begin a month long celebration and outreach campaign promoting and encouraging mentoring. National Mentor Month, launched January 2002 by the Harvard Mentoring Project, MENTOR, and the Corporation for National and Community Service, is a month-long campaign that aims to increase national attention about the need for Mentors and the positive, life-changing effects mentoring can have on the lives of our young people and in particular at-risk youth.

Research confirms what previously we had known only anecdotally or intuitively, that purposeful mentoring does work. A recent Research Brief published by Child Trends and titled, "Mentoring: A Promising Strategy for Youth Development," found that youth who participate in mentoring relationships experience numerous positive benefits. In terms of educational achievement, mentored youth have better attendance; a better chance of continuing into postsecondary education; and better attitudes towards school”.

The positive results of mentoring have also been validated by the exceptional performance of our students in Take Stock in Children. Our exceptional high school graduation rates and college enrollment rates have been achieved through our comprehensive program model with a core feature of in-school volunteer Mentors who serve our students.

In addition, other tangible benefits of being a Mentor are that Mentors tend to have a beneficial influence on the health and safety of mentees. Mentoring appears to help prevent substance abuse and reduce some negative youth behaviors, which are critical success factors for students in our program. Mentored youth tend to have a more trusting relationship with their parents or legal guardians, which improves their communication. They also feel they receive more emotional support from their friends than do youth who are not mentored. It is obvious that all of these positive outcomes of mentoring contribute to the critical links in the chain of support that enable Take Stock in Children to change the lives of these children.

As you access your goals for 2010, please consider volunteerism, and more importantly, please consider becoming a Mentor for Take Stock in Children. If you want to change the life of an at-risk child, and contribute to your community, please donate your time as a Mentor and make a choice to become a partner in the process of helping a child grow and develop into a contributing member of society.

As we acknowledge, recognize and thank all of our volunteer mentors this month, please take a moment and think of the mentors in your life—a team coach, teacher, a concerned neighbor, or another caring adult—who cared enough to take the time and thank them for their consideration and again, consider becoming a Mentor yourself.

Wishing you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year from all of us at Take Stock in Children.

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