National Mentoring Month

January is National Mentoring Month. And every year, Catholic Charities USA joins Mentoring Works! for a nation-wide effort to highlight the importance mentors play in young people’s lives and mentorship’s power to fight poverty one child at a time.

Whether it’s helping with homework, playing games or just hanging out, mentors break the cycle of poverty by letting a child know that he or she matters. For a child living in poverty, this encouragement goes a long way. Impoverished children struggle academically and socially, which stunts emotional and intellectual development. These disadvantages deplete a child’s confidence and lead to delinquency, truancy, drug use, gang involvement, teen pregnancy and other at-risk activities that trap youth in a lifetime of poverty. Yet, mentorship has the power to break this cycle.

Catholic Charities is actively engaged with those in our communities throughout Central and Southern Indiana to provide help and create hope in the lives of young people all year round. If you’d like to get involved, please contact the Catholic Charities agency nearest you.