Start off the year with national mentoring month.

Start off the year with national mentoring month. January January:see month. 2002 marks the first-ever National Mentoring Month, aconcentrated focus on our nation's commitment to mentoring. Sponsored by the Harvard Harvard,town (1990 pop. 12,329), Worcester co., E central Mass.; inc. 1732. A Shaker house and cemetery, a Native American museum, and a Harvard observatory are there. Mentoring Project and the NationalMentoring Partnership--along with broadcast and cable televisionnetworks, local radio, TV and print news outlets--National MentoringMonth is an effort to raise awareness of and support for the mentoringmovement. The main goal is to recruit more adult mentors for youth inour communities. The official campaign will be launched in January 2002 with specialpromotions in December 2001 leading up to the launch. Tie-in activitiesand events will help promote mentoring throughout the year. Local mentoring organizations may convene CONVENE, civil law. This is a technical term, signifying to bring an action. community coalitions tomobilize mo��bi��lizev.1. To make mobile or capable of movement.2. To restore the power of motion to a joint.3. To release into the body, as glycogen from the liver. different sectors of their community, including electedofficials, schools, corporations, media outlets, civic groups andfaith-based organizations. School-based mentoring programs may want to use the campaign as anopportunity to recruit more mentors and engender en��gen��der?v. en��gen��dered, en��gen��der��ing, en��gen��dersv.tr.1. To bring into existence; give rise to: "Every cloud engenders not a storm" support. Other schoolsmay want to kick off a new effort, or explore the possibilities ofsetting up a mentoring program. For activity planning, information and resources for how you canget involved, visit The National Mentoring Partnership(www.mentoring.org) or the Harvard Mentoring Project(www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/ mentoringmonthpage.html).