A mentor is a caring, responsible adult who helps guide and encourage a child to make good decisions and reach his or her full potential. A mentor helps a young person develop character, competency and confidence.
Mentors act as positive role models and teachers, and, over time, they become trusted friends.
Like any healthy relationship, mentoring is based on mutual trust, respect and acceptance. A mentor is not a magician and mentoring is not a panacea. But mentoring is a proven method of helping young people, particularly those at risk. It is, by far, our best chance to impact the future. As the mentoring program grew in vision and scope, it joined with the local affiliate of One to One, The National Mentoring Partnership , to develop community initiatives and recruit more mentors.