WHEN A YOUNG PERSON HAS A MENTOR, THEY ARE 55% MORE LIKELY TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE, 52% LESS LIKELY TO SKIP SCHOOL, 78% MORE LIKELY TO VOLUNTEER REGULARLY, AND 130% MORE LIKELY TO HOLD LEADERSHIP POSITIONS (SOURCE: MENTOR.ORG). "EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED IN QUALITY YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAMS YIELDS A 3 RETURN IN BENEFITS TO SOCIETY" (THE MENTORING EFFECT, 2014). IN 2022 SAVE OUR YOUTH SERVED 185 YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS AND HAD AN 85.7% GRADUATION RATE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS, DESPITE COVID SETBACKS AND COMPARED TO THE AVERAGE PRE-COVID GRADUATION RATE AT THEIR SCHOOLS OF 77.4%. SAVE OUR YOUTH TAKES A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO MENTORING,ENSURING THAT YOUTH ARE SUPPORTED EMOTIONALLY AND ACADEMICALLY AND CONNECTED TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED FOR FUTURE SUCCESS.
DatesJan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
