MENTOR offers
easy ways to get involved in National Mentoring Month The beginning of the New Year marks an important
time in the world of youth development -- the start of National Mentoring Month. Since 2002, when the occasion was first marked
by MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership and the Harvard School of Public Health, every January has been recognized as
a time to celebrate the adults in children's lives who help guide them into adolescence and beyond. The mark these supporters
place on youth is invaluable, as evidenced by higher rates of school attendance, lower rates of drinking and drug abuse and
more for those who meet frequently with a mentor.
The NC Mentoring Partnership is the state advocacy group for
mentoring. With Communities In Schools of NC and the Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, we help local organizations recruit, train and retain mentors for youth. MENTOR, the National Mentoring Partnership,
is our partner for technical assistance and support. Working with schools, churches, local mentoring organizations, volunteer
centers, businesses, and other statewide agencies, the Partnership helps conduct statewide campaigns, provides technical assistance
and training to support mentoring in the state. In North Carolina, mentoring programs across the
state are changing the lives of children and youth. Many more thousands of young people could benefit from a positive
relationship with a caring adult. Locate programs in your community and consider becoming a mentor - as little as one hour a week
makes a tremendous difference in the lives and futures of our next generation.
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Mentor Melanie Vaughn with her mentee James at Newport
Elementary School in Beaufort.
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Sheila Sampson and Darien Locklear enjoy their mentoring relationship
in Robeson County.
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