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Mentoring January 16, 2013

January is National Mentoring Month

Have you ever had someone who changed your life? A teacher, a mentor who guided you to a different place? If the answer is yes, then perhaps this month is the perfect time to pay if forward. January is National Mentoring Month. Here are few ways you can make a difference from National Mentoring Month.Org

10 THINGS TO DO IN JANUARY

1.Become a mentor in your community.
2.Learn more about mentoring.
3.Partner with a mentoring organization.
4.Join “I Am a Mentor” Day.
5.Think about the mentors in your life, post a tribute to them online, then tweet about them using the #NationalMentoringMonth hashtag.
6.Read the latest research and find resources on mentoring.
7.Serve your community on MLK Day of Service, by deciding to become a mentor.
8.Make a donation to a mentoring organization in your community.
9.Go to YouTube on Thank Your Mentor Day™ (January 17) and make the National Mentoring Month videos the most popular of the day.
10.Explore ways to help children succeed academically through mentoring.

You don’t have to do all 10 but take a peek at maybe just one? You are amazing and have so much to share, its a shame keeping all of that goodness to yourself. What lucky person are you going to help?

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Mentoring January 14, 2013

Mentoring Matters

“A mentor is someone who sees more talent and ability within you, than you see in yourself, and helps bring it out of you.”

Bob Proctor

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Be a mentor, change a life.

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Charity Matters Inspiration January 9, 2013

Brotherhood

What is the measure of a life well lived? Is it how many lives you touched or impacted? Is it the number of people who come to your funeral or the number of people you leave behind that are lost without you? Is is what you have or what you give?

Last week I attended a memorial service for an amazing man named Victor McClinton. A man whose life was measured by the incredible impact he left on our community. Victor McClinton was a local hero in Pasadena and was tragically shot on Christmas Day. He was 49 and a leaves behind a wife and two teenage sons.

What made Victor a hero? What he gave, his commitment to his community and the underserved kids in it.

I know this because he directly impacted my family, teaching my son football, a passion that continues to be a driving force in his life today. Victor brought our city together regardless of address and taught our children as early as age 3 that we are one community regardless of circumstances.

He grew up without a father and attended Verbum Dei High School in Watts. It was there, that Victor started coaching as a Senior in high school and was hooked from that moment on. Twelve years ago he brought the Brotherhood Crusade program to Pasadena creating a youth sports league whose mission was to provide the children of the community with a quality youth sports program. His philosophy was everyone plays, everyone wins.

Victor had a full-time job, Brotherhood was what he did on the side. Every weekend, every night after his own long day he was there, waiting for a single mom to get off work to pick up her child from practice. He never stopped giving.

Victor’s life was a gift to all who knew him. I think the legacy he leaves is “everyone plays, everyone wins.” We were all winners for knowing Victor. The measure of a life well lived is the impact that you make while you are here, the lives you touch and what you give. Thank you Victor for reminding us all.

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