National Mentoring Month

Millions of Children Need Mentors

Tasha Mitchell | Posted 03.31.2012

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Tasha Mitchell

The New Year has just begun, and it's not too late to add one more meaningful deed to your list of resolutions: mentoring a child in your community.

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Making A Difference: The World of Giving -- National Mentoring Month

Lisa M. Dietlin | Posted 03.26.2012

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Lisa M. Dietlin

January is designated as National Mentoring Month. When I learned of this I began thinking about who the mentors were in my life.

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It's the Economy, Girlfriend!

Amy Siskind | Posted 03.24.2012

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Amy Siskind

The central issue for today's women is economic empowerment. With money comes control -- not dependency, the root cause for so many of the evils impacting today's women.

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Save the World. Mentor a Child.

Mark Redmond | Posted 03.24.2012

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Mark Redmond

January is National Mentoring Month, and volunteering to serve as a mentor is one way to save a life.

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Mentor Inspires Troubled Teen With Martial Arts

TakePart | Posted 05.25.2011

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"John was one of those kids that was on the fence," Frank Hernandez tells TakePart of his 13-year-old mentee. Before they met, John was getting into ...

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How To Turn A Role Model Into A Mentor

Maddy Dychtwald | Posted 11.17.2011

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Maddy Dychtwald

Can you yourself have the audacity to reach out to someone you truly respect and admire and ask him or her to help you learn, improve and move forward?

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Have You Ever Thought About Mentoring?

Tabby Biddle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tabby Biddle

For those of you still sitting on the fence, you may want to know that mentoring not only helps a young person advance in their life, but it also helps you.

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Mentor Helps Juvenile Inmate Find Path To College

TakePart | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Starcia is going to be an inspiration to a lot of people," Cindy Williams says of her mentee. Starcia Ague is a recent college graduate working with...

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How To Become A Mentor

Causecast | ELIZAH LEIGH | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whether you have already embarked on a mentorship or are just mulling over the idea, you've come to the right place for a no-nonsense crash course. Ja...

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Former Heavyweight Champion Gives Back With Mentoring Program

Posted 05.25.2011

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During his days as a professional boxer, Pinklon Thomas shared ring time with the who's who of 80s boxing: Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Tommy Morris...

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My New Year's Resolution to all "At Risk" Children

Steve Larosiliere | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Larosiliere

As a youth advocate, nonprofit leader and mentor, I'm making new resolutions for at-risk youth. I resolve to not just help the easy children, not to give up on children, and to care about their future.

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Coming Up: My Moment with President and Mrs. Obama

Tamar Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tamar Abrams

My biggest challenge is figuring out what to say when I shake the hands of President and Mrs. Obama. Perhaps I'll just look into the weary eyes of a man who is presiding over a nation in turmoil and simply say, "I know."

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January Is National Mentoring Month

Posted 05.25.2011

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There's no better way to start off the new year than helping a child reach his or her full potential. That's the idea behind National Mentoring Month....

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The "M" Word: Making the Most of Mentoring to Achieve (and Exceed) Your Goals

Shannon Cutts | Posted 11.17.2011

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Shannon Cutts

A mentoring relationship is fundamentally driven by the mentee's desire to maximize their full potential in some area of life, whether it be personal, career, or some combination thereof.

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A Life in Music

Joanne Bernstein-Cohen | Posted 11.17.2011

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Joanne Bernstein-Cohen

Perhaps the most telling affirmation of Dino Anagnost's influence on my career is reflected in my current position - as Executive Director of The Little Orchestra Society.

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On Being A Big Sister

Kate Snow | Posted 11.17.2011

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Kate Snow

Good Morning America weekend co-anchor Kate Snow was interviewed for National Mentoring Month by veteran TV industry writer Michele Greppi, who has served as a mentor to so many others herself.

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My Mentor: Better Than Journalism School

Donna Dees Thomases | Posted 11.17.2011

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Donna Dees Thomases

Veronica "Ronni" Patriquin was the State Capitol bureau chief for the now defunct afternoon daily, The Shreveport Journal. She hired me during my sen...

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My Mentor: My Grandfather

Rand Morrison | Posted 11.17.2011

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Rand Morrison

I think it's fair to say that my grandfather is the person to be blessed - or blamed - for shaping me into the person I am today. His was a classic ...

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My Mentor: Lesley Stahl

Susan Zirinsky | Posted 11.17.2011

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Susan Zirinsky

I am definitely a living example of luck - right time, right place. In college I had heard about a part time job on the weekends at CBS News' Washing...

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A Supreme Mentor

Emily Jane Goodman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Emily Jane Goodman

I wasn't thinking "mentor"-- though I should have been--when I met him the very week I became a lawyer. He was older and held a prominent position in ...

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My Mentors

Jeff Gralnick | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jeff Gralnick

January is National Mentoring Month. Why the need for a National Mentoring Month? Most successful people say they had mentors along the way who guide...

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Q & A With Elmo's Creator

Huffington Post Living | Dequan Foster & Diamante Suarez | Posted 11.17.2011

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DEQUAN FOSTER: When you were growing up was there ever a mentor in your life that really had such a big difference? KEVIN CLASH: Oh yeah. I had som...

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