OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Fostering positive relationships through meaningful connections. The nonprofit MENTOR Nebraska is launching a campaign to help recruit more mentors for kids in need.
- Research from MENTOR Nebraska shows that mentors have a positive impact on young people in personal, academic and professional situations.
- We talk to mentor match, Michael Rodriquez and Ian Simpkins about the impact mentoring has had on them.
- “When I speak to his mom and stuff, she really wanted a positive role model in his life so I wanted to be there as someone that he could talk to do whatever he wanted with and just kind of be a sounding board for him so,”
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
Growing up, many of us had someone to look up to. To continue connecting kids with role models like we had, the nonprofit MENTOR Nebraska is leading a statewide initiative to ensure every kid has a supportive mentor in their lives.
10-year-old Michael Rodriquez and his mentor Ian Simpkins have been meeting as a mentoring match for a little over a year now.