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Mentoring works:

“The probability that teenagers will end up on the corner or in a stable job are conditioned by a great many features of life in their communities. Of these, we believe the most significant is the presence or absence of adult mentors.”
–Terry Williams and William Kornblum, Growing Up Poor

“. . .mentors broaden the horizons of youth, exposing them to new experiences beyond what is currently available in their lives. In this respect they act as a bridge to the outside world, a world not often accessible or even visible to young people growing up in the inner city.”
–Marc Freedman, The Kindness of Strangers

“. . .adolescents in mentoring relationships that lasted longer than a year of more were indeed much better off than before; they had higher self-esteem, better relationships with their parents and lower levels of drug use.”
–Dr. Jean Rhodes, New York Times 4/2/200l

“Mentoring isn’t about needy, incomplete children who have to be saved by adults. It is about incredible children, who have the potential to be extraordinary, if someone with a little time and knowledge can show them the way.”
–Tom Fontana, HBO Executive Producer