Elite Mentoring and Tutoring Inc provides boys and girls, ages 6-17, from Milwaukee County with a mentor who serves as a constructive and compassionate role model. Mentors support children in gaining perspective; access to opportunities and new learning beyond their immediate localities. Our mentors are dedicated along with caring deeply about children and their communities. Their abilities and life experiences are great assets to a young person seeking an important, healthy, positive connection. Mentors encourage and celebrate successful outcomes. While naturally engaged in fun and/or interesting activities they impart encouraging words and applaud important esteem-building that serves children well during the one on one time and beyond. Help us connect with donors and with people in need.
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Mentors are screened, trained, and selectively matched with children. Compatibility, complementary personalities, and proximity are all taken into account. Mentors are professionally supported throughout the program. The goal is for mentors to help children gain self-esteem, self-confidence, self-control, and coping skills that will encourage healthy choices and inspire relationship building. Research shows that a key difference between a child who makes it in the world and those who do not make it in the world and are not connected to a stable, caring person. Although the program asks for one year of service; the large majority of mentors choose to stay beyond that mark to mentor children. Spending quality time with a child has profound and lasting effects.
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Mentoring has increasingly been shown to lend a hand in strengthening the lives of children at home, in school, and the community. The program encourages and hopes to youngsters referred to us by a professional network of partner schools and youth-serving organizations. Each child accepted into the program is believed to have the potential to benefit from one on one mentoring; to benefit from an additional top-notch, high-quality person in their life. These are children with compelling stories who simply need a chance to thrive.