BECOME A MENTOR
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to locate a program near you!
WHY MENTORING?
Parents are the most important influence in young people's lives. But parents
often need help. Mentoring offers parents the support of one more healthy, caring
one-to-one relationship that fosters their child's healthy growth. Mentoring helps
kids. Mentoring helps parents. Mentoring helps us all. Mentoring influences lives.
Mentoring makes lives better.
Mentoring works!
WHAT DO STUDIES SHOW?
Mentoring works!
WHAT DO STUDIES SHOW?
A 2003 study of close to 500 mentoring pairs conducted by the Connecticut Mentoring
Partnership shows:
Youth with mentors say they:
- have a better attitude at school
- are getting better grades
- are behaving better in class
- are well-prepared for school every day
Employees who mentor say:
- 98% are satisfied with the experience
- 99% believe their company should invest in youth (their future workforce)
- 89% said the mentoring program made them proud to work for their company
- 63% said they feel more productive at work after mentoring
A Public/Private Ventures study of Big Brothers/Big Sisters found that youth
who were in a mentored relationship for a year were:
- 46% less likely to begin using illegal drugs
- 27% less likely to begin using alcohol
- 52% less likely to skip school
-
37% less likely to skip class
For information contact Eileen Peltier, Program Manager at 860.523.8042, x18
or eileen.peltier@preventionworksct.org.