Happy National Mentoring Month!
It’ a new year and like many people, I’m so glad to leave 2011 behind and move into 2012. Yet while the challenges we faced were difficult at times, I look back and marvel at our accomplishment!
We started off the year in our new office downtown, close to the Los Angeles Convention Center, and it’s fabulous — twice the size of our last place and much cheaper with lots of free parking. Create Now served 3,389 of the most vulnerable kids in Southern California through our innovative programs in music, dance, writing, art, theater, cultural excursions and much more.
I gave a number of presentations to dignitaries and diplomats selected by our embassies all over the world to visit our country through the International Visitor’s Council (IVCLA), which is an adjunct of the U.S. State Department. As a result, we received the IVCLA’s prestigious “2011 Community Resource Award.”
We’ve got great new projects in the works and have developed terrific partnerships with key stakeholders. There’s so many exciting things happening that it would take hours to share all the good news.
I’m thrilled that I have completed and published my book, “Mentor Youth Now: A Guidebook for Transforming Young Lives,” which teaches you everything you need to know about mentoring. It’s easy-to-read, well organized and packed with information on everything you need to know about mentoring kids. You can buy it on Amazon, at Barnes and Noble, for Kindle, iPad, etc. Learn more at my website: www.mentoryouthnow.com.
Since January is National Mentoring Month, I hope you’ll start 2012 off by becoming a mentor, or at least exploring the possibility (my book is a great tool :-) - Happy mentoring!
