become a mentor

The Benefits of Mentoring

A recent study conducted by the California Mentor Foundation found that:

• 98% of the youths paired with mentors stayed in school
• 85% of the youths who had a mentor did not use drugs
• 98% of teens match with a mentor avoided pregnancy
• 98% of the youths who had a mentor avoided gang activity.

Become a Mentor

We are in danger of losing our future one child at a time. This is why the CARES Mentoring Movement is crucial. But we can not operate without people like you who volunteer their time to become mentors for these at-risk kids. Here are some chilling facts:

• In some cities, only 18% of African-American males graduate from high school.
• 57% of African-American fourth grade students are functionally illiterate.
• 2.4 million African-American children have at least one parent in prison.
• Complications from HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among young African-American women.
• Homicide is the leading cause of death amoung young African-American males.
• Every day more than 1,000 African-American teenagers are arrested.

Behind all these sobering statistics are real, at-risk children and adolescents who desperately need the guidance that a mentor like you can provide. Mentoring has been proven to work. Join us and help reverse thse disturbing trends.

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Mentoring works miracles. By committing just four hours per month, you can literally save a young person's life!