National Mentoring Month

President George W. Bush Signs Proclamation Designating January 2008 as National Mentoring Month

What is National Mentoring Month?

National Mentoring Month has been celebrated annually, since its inception in 2001. National Mentoring Month is an effort spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project, MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership and the Corporation for National and Community Service. MENTOR's Co-Founders are Mr. Geoffrey T. Boisi, Chairman and Senior Partner of Roundtable Investment Partners LLC, and Mr. Raymond G. Chambers, Founder of the Amelior Foundation. Mr. Boisi currently serves as Chairman of MENTOR. Alan D. Schwartz, President and Chief Operating Officer, of Bear, Stearns & Co is New York's Liaison to the National Board.

National Mentoring Month is a coalition of non-profit organizations that have developed a major national initiative, in collaboration with the leading broadcast networks, to create an annual, concentrated burst of national and local media activity combined with extensive community outreach during the month of January.

Why National Mentoring Month?

There are nearly 15 million young Americans in need or want of a mentor. The purpose of National Mentoring Month is to thank mentors for making a difference in the lives of their mentees and to put a face to mentoring in an effort to recruit additional volunteers who are needed by millions of our youth.

What Happens During National Mentoring Month?

We will hold Mentors’ Day 2008, which celebrates the positive, long-lasting effects of mentoring. Mentors’ Day will take place on Saturday, January 26, 2008 from 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. at Chelsea Piers and will be a full day of celebration for mentors and youth, offering gymnastics, rock wall climbing, arts and crafts and more.

Mentors’ Day is open only to mentor/mentee pairs that are a part of MPNY participating programs.

For more information on National Mentoring Month, please visit the national website at www.mentoring.org