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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 29 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring Month 2007. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 5, 2007 

Mrs. DAVIS of California (for herself, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota, Mr. KELLER of Florida, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. HINOJOSA, Mrs. 

TAUSCHER, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. HONDA, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. 

DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. MCCOTTER) submitted the following resolution; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

RESOLUTION 

Supporting the goals and ideals of National Mentoring 

Month 2007. 

Whereas mentoring is a longstanding concept in which a dependable adult provides guidance, support, and encouragement to facilitate a young person’s social, emotional, 

and cognitive development; 

Whereas high-quality mentoring promotes positive outcomes 

for young people, including an increased sense of industry and competency, a boost in academic performance 

and self-esteem, and improved social and communications 

skills; 

Whereas research on mentoring shows that participation in a 

high-quality mentoring relationship successfully reduces 


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the incidence of risky behavior, delinquency, absenteeism, 

and academic failure in young people; 

Whereas mentoring, in addition to being beneficial for those 

being mentored, is also extremely rewarding for those 

serving as mentors; 

Whereas quality programs that encourage young people to 

learn about mentoring and to become mentors, such as 

programs that recruit high school students to mentor 

younger children, are important and have the potential to 

create high-quality mentors at an early age; 

Whereas mentoring relationships have grown dramatically in 

the past 15 years, now reaching 3 million young Americans, because of the remarkable creativity, vigor, and resourcefulness of the thousands of mentoring programs 

and millions of volunteer mentors in communities 

throughout the Nation; 

Whereas, in spite of the progress made to increase mentoring, 

our Nation has a serious ‘‘mentoring gap,’’ with nearly 

15 million young people currently in need of mentors; 

Whereas a recent study confirmed that one of the most critical challenges that mentoring programs face is recruiting 

enough mentors to help close the mentoring gap; 

Whereas in December 2006, the President designated January 2007 as National Mentoring Month to call attention 

to the critical role mentors play in helping young people 

realize their potential; 

Whereas the month-long celebration of mentoring will encourage more individuals and organizations, including schools, 

businesses, nonprofit organizations, faith institutions, 

and foundations, to become engaged in mentoring across 

our Nation; and 


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Whereas National Mentoring Month will build awareness of 

mentoring and recruit more individuals to become mentors, thus helping close our Nation’s mentoring gap: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) supports the goals and ideals of Na3 tional Mentoring Month; 

4 (2) acknowledges the diligent efforts of in5 dividuals and groups who promote mentoring 

6 and who are observing National Mentoring 

7 Month with appropriate ceremonies and activi8 ties to further promote awareness of and volun9 teer involvement with youth mentoring; 

10 (3) recognizes with gratitude the contribu11 tions of the millions of caring adults and stu12 dents who are already volunteering as mentors; 

13 and 

14 (4) encourages more adults and students 

15 to volunteer as mentors. 

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