A coalition of non-profit organizations has teamed up with leading communications companies to create National Mentoring Month, an annual activity of national and local media combined with extensive community outreach.

Held every January, National Mentoring Month aims to:

• raise awareness of mentoring in its various forms;
• recruit individuals as mentors, especially in programs that have a waiting list of young people;and
• promote mentoring by recruiting organizations, companies, faith communities, schools and community groups, to encourage their constituents to mentor young people.

The campaign involves national media and includes radio, newspaper, outdoor advertising and in-store displays for each local initiative.

More Information
For additional information on National Mentoring Month, visit http://www.mentoring.org.

To watch video interviews of celebrities discussing their mentors, and to view mentoring PSAs that will be broadcast during National Mentoring Month, visit http://www.WhoMentoredYou.org.