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OUR IMPACT
1 in 3 young people grow up without a supportive mentor.
WHY MENTORING?
Take a minute and think about someone in your life who helped you get to where you are today. Was it your favorite teacher? The one who stayed after school to help you with your math homework even though you weren’t in her class anymore. Or, perhaps it was your first supervisor who helped you understand what it meant to have your first job–showing up on time, dressing professionally, learning how to ask for help when you need it? While you may have not known it at the time, these adults were acting as mentors to you and I.
Mentoring, at its core, guarantees young people that there is someone who cares about them, assures them they are not alone in dealing with day-to-day challenges, and makes them feel like they matter. Research confirms that quality mentoring relationships have powerful positive effects on young people in a variety of personal, academic, and professional situations.
Yet, 1 in 3 young people will grow up without this critical asset.
We can’t do this alone, and neither can our youth. With more than 200 mentoring programs across Minnesota, there are plenty of opportunities for you to get involved. Learn more about mentoring by reading these real mentoring stories.
Ready for more? Learn how you, too, can become a mentor today.
2024 Strategic Goals
Expand the Movement
Scale the impact of mentoring by leveraging positive outcomes and the transformative impact of mentoring relationships
Influencing Systems
Advocate for and foster shared youth power across a range of environments (school, work, community, home)
Elevating Quality
Support capacity building and quality of programs by activating, leveraging and disseminating evidence based research to promote best practices in mentoring.
Engaging Local Leadership
Convene, connect and support the field to enhance mentoring.