The Significance of Mentoring Programs for Youth

In this critical time for our nation’s youth and those who are raising them, we cannot underestimate the significance of a youth mentoring program in shaping a better future. You can’t be what you can’t see. Giving kids the opportunity to see a mentor experience life in a way that differs from what the child usually sees, or behaving in a way they’ve never seen, opens up new possibilities for the life of the child. The aperture of their mind expands and that feeling of hopelessness, isolation, depression, or despair begins to dissolve away and can be replaced with hope, connection, love, inspiration, and creativity.