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Honoring Mentors and Supporting Efforts to Recruit Mentors

Date: Feb. 3, 2004
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Minors and Children


HONORING MENTORS AND SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO RECRUIT MENTORS -- (Extensions of Remarks - February 03, 2004)

SPEECH OF
HON. BETTY McCOLLUM
OF MINNESOTA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2004

Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, as co-chair of the mentoring caucus, I rise in support of H. Res. 491. This bill expresses the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the benefits of mentoring.

Mentoring programs that link children and young adults with the greatest needs to responsible adults are a proven method to help our struggling children. One valuable mentoring program is Big Brothers Big Sisters. In the St.
Paul/Minneapolis region alone, more than 3000 children benefit from this mentoring program.

According to Kari Davis, the executive director of the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota:

Mentoring is about guiding and supporting young people so they can realize their highest dreams and potential. Minnesota maintains hundreds of quality youth mentoring programs that are community, school or workplace-based.
With increased and sustained federal funding, mentoring programs can build their capacity to reach the 75,000 Minnesota young people who could benefit from a mentor.

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