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show that teens who have mentors are 46 percent less likely to begin using drugs, 53 percent less likely to skip school, 27 percent less likely to begin using alcohol, and 33 percent less likely to engage in school violence.
Statistics bear out the truth that these rewarding relationships have benefits not only for the youth but for mentors, as well.
Personal
success stories
Retired resident and Headwaters board member, Steve Carroll, reports that one benefit of being a Starfish mentor is “being able to act young again. Among other things, my mentee and I shoot our potato cannon and build pinewood derby cars for Cub Scouts together.”
Carroll reports that his greatest feeling of pride and satisfaction came when his mentee made the honor roll for the first time in his life this last grading period.
Beneficial results may not always be apparent immediately but, time and again, youth who are mentored report never forgetting the experience. Mentors become part of a youth’s history, carrying the memories of the unique rela
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