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by Marci Koblenz

President, Center for Companies That Care

Another year. Another college bus trip.  In the space of three days, we need to help students understand what college is about, what it takes to get in, overcome their fears when they reach that point of understanding, and build them into believers that they are able to do it. 

 A Chicago mentoring program aims to keep mentors around.

Everybody seems to agree that youth - especially "at-risk" youth - need mentors. But the problem with many mentoring programs is that the mentors don't stick around long enough. A Chicago mentoring program aims to fix that.