IV 
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. KEL-
LER 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 de-
pendable adult provides guidance, support, and encour-
agement 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 indus-
try 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 Ameri-
cans, because of the remarkable creativity, vigor, and re-
sourcefulness 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 crit-
ical challenges that mentoring programs face is recruiting 
enough mentors to help close the mentoring gap; 
Whereas in December 2006, the President designated Janu-
ary 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 encour-
age 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 men-
tors, thus helping close our Nation’s mentoring gap: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of Na-
tional Mentoring Month; 
(2) acknowledges the diligent efforts of in-
dividuals and groups who promote mentoring 
and who are observing National Mentoring 
Month with appropriate ceremonies and activi-
ties to further promote awareness of and volun-
teer involvement with youth mentoring; 
(3) recognizes with gratitude the contribu-
tions of the millions of caring adults and stu-
dents who are already volunteering as mentors; 
and 
(4) encourages more adults and students 
to volunteer as mentors. 
Æ 
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