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Positive youth development research has long demonstrated that youth benefit from close, caring relationships with adults who serve as positive role models. Today, 8.5 million youth continue to lack supportive, sustained relationships with caring adults. Mentoring - which matches youth with responsible, caring mentors, usually adults - has been growing in popularity as both a prevention and intervention strategy over the past decades.
Mentoring provides youth with mentors who can develop an emotional bond with the mentee, have greater experience than the mentee, and can provide support, guidance, and opportunities to help youth succeed in life and meet their goals. Mentoring relationships can be formal or informal with substantial variation, but the essential components include creating caring, empathetic, consistent, and long-lasting relationships, often with some combination of role modeling, teaching, and advising.
Source: youth.gov
Foundation and philanthropic support for mentoring programs from around the Web.
Sakeena Itoo stressed on the critical importance of nurturing creativity and mindset of young school-going children.She called upon the school education department, mentors and other stakeholders to...more
The Port Angeles Education Foundation has awarded SPICE grants totaling $70,830 to educators throughout the Port Angeles School District.The foundation also awarded grants to organizations which...more
Foundation: Stark Community Foundation
Sandrock is a past president and previous trustee of the Rotary Club of Canton, Community Services of Stark County (now CommQuest), the Canton City Schools Foundation and a former president of the...more
Lauren Richards is an accelerated master's degree student at ASU.She took inspiration from historical innovators like Nikola Tesla and Leonardo da Vinci.Her journey has been rich with meaningful...more
Foundation: Oregon Community Foundation
The Rural Entrepreneur in Residence(REIR) program will be in partnership with A Greater Applegate (AGA) The program will provide support to rural entrepreneurs in the Applegate Valley.JCLS said the...more
Napanee's Isaac Harvey will produce Harmony Lounge and Music Club's upcoming second album, tentatively titled Origin Story II.The album will feature original music by under-20 musicians in Greater...more
CapU and Squamish Chamber launches program to help youth.Activities include pitching business ideas to local business owners and connecting with mentors who can share their knowledge under the...more
Newton School of Technology Launches "Newton StartX" Seed Fund to Boost Student Entrepreneurship.In one of its kind seed fund, StartX will provide funding, mentorship, and resources to help students...more
OkOBI is an intersection of global scholarship and African entrepreneurship.Caje's story, "I Need to Feed My Family", exemplifies one such implementation.The story of Akuyoma is a compelling case for...more
The Vancouver Bandits Community Foundation was launched on October 1, 2013.The Foundation will support local charities, schools, and community organizations through scholarships, mentorship...more
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