January Is National Mentoring Month
January 14, 2009
 Calling on “the people of the United States to recognize the importance of mentoring [and] to look for opportunities to serve as mentors in their communities,” President George W. Bush has proclaimed January 2009 as National Mentoring Month. “By sharing their time and experiences, mentors help instill important values that encourage America's youth to set high goals and achieve their dreams,” the President affirmed.
January marks the eighth annual National Mentoring Month, a large-scale public service campaign held each year to recruit volunteer mentors to help young people achieve their full potential. The theme for this year's observance is “Expand Your Universe: Mentor a Child.”
Resources:
For further information regarding the observance of National Mentoring Month, visit
www.nationalmentoringmonth.org.
Additional resources are available via the National Criminal Justice Reference Service at
http://www.ncjrs.gov/mentoringresources/.
Return to Archives
|
