Everyone Needs A Mentor

Entrusted Legacy’s mission is to see to it the people who work with kids in afterschool programs have the training and development they need to be a positive role model and mentor.  The importance of positive role models has been documented.  The Health and Guidance Organization says “Role models are highly important for us psychologically, helping to guide us through life during our development, to make important decisions that affect the outcome of our lives, and to help us find happiness in later life.”  http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/13288/1/The-Importance-of-Role-Models.html.  They go on to say, “A good role model should be someone hard working, creative, free thinking and moral.”  At Entrusted Legacy we believe that we can connect people to the training they need to be successful. 

Role modeling and mentoring go hand in hand.  Mentors provide guidance, inspiration and an engine that catapults the student farther and faster than [he/she] would by [his/her]s own means. To be a mentor is to leave a legacy to a fellow human being and hence to society at large. Mentoring has long been a tradition of humanity. It is the way we learn naturally.”  Mirna Santana  http://www.gaebler.com/The-Importance-of-Having-a-Mentor.htm

The United States Justice Department agrees.  Public Service announcements tout the importance of becoming a mentor to the youth in your own neighborhood and community.  Eric Holder, Attorney General states, “Join with the Justice Department in defending childhood.”

We encourage you to join with Entrusted Legacy to sponsor afterschool professionals as they become the mentors and role models that they would like to be and our youth deserve.  Check out our website at www.entrustedlegacy.org or contact us a support@entrustedlegacy.org