MENTOR
For other uses, see Mentor (disambiguation).
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| Abbreviation | MENTOR |
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| Founded | 1990 (as One to One Partnership) |
| Founder | Geoffrey Boisi and Raymond Chambers |
| Type | non-governmental organization |
CEO | David Shapiro |
| Website |
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MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership is an advocate and resource for mentoring in the United States. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts.
Background
MENTOR shares information, national standards, and best practices about mentoring. It works with organizations that directly match and oversee the mentor-mentee pairs, and helps coordinates the pairing of mentors with students. MENTOR co-founders Geoff Boisi and Ray Chambers each received the Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award from the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) for a lifetime of outstanding service to children.
See also
- Youth mentoring
- StudentMentor.org
- The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania
- Boys & Girls Clubs of America
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
References
External links
- MENTOR official website
- Video of celebrities promoting the need for mentoring.
- Speech by former mentee Ean Garrett April 2008
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