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This year’s ninth annual National Mentoring Month, themed Expand Your Universe, Mentor a Child, focuses on developing ways to mobilize more community volunteers to mentor a young person and increasing knowledge about how mentoring can greatly enhance their prospects for leading a healthy and productive life. Research shows that mentoring has beneficial and long-term effects on youth by increasing their chances of high school graduation and college attendance and decreasing the likelihood of substance abuse and other risky behaviors.

The U.S. Senate has officially recognized January as National Mentoring Month 2010 with a resolution introduced by Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and John Kerry (D-MA).

Lt. Governor Brad Owen is the champion of mentoring in Washington State and a tireless leader for Washington State Mentors. Lt. Governor Owen recently appeared on Comcast Newsmakers to speak about the importance of mentoring and inform the public about how to get involved. Click on the link below to view the segment.