USA TODAY Reports...

First lady launches White House mentoring program

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama launched a mentoring program Monday to give local high school girls access to women at the White House.
Thirteen of the girls joined the first lady and 18 White House staffers, including advisers Valerie Jarrett and Melody Barnes, in the State Dining Room to kick off the program, which Mrs. Obama said was one of her top goals on becoming first lady.

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Mentors are Asset Builders!!

In our traditional group mentoring programs many of the activities and worksheets we complete with our mentees are based on enhancing our mentees' "40 Development Assets." Watch the video below and find out more about what this means!

Mark your calendars! Miles for SMILES - Saturday, March 13th, 2010

SAVE THE DATE!! Saturday, March 13th 2010...Join us for our 2nd Annual Miles for SMILES it's a walk, run, bike or skate-a-thon to benefit SMILES Mentoring! Tell a friend! Create a team and walk together for a great cause!!

SMILES will be using an online fundraising tool to make it easy for participants to raise funds!

http://www.firstgiving.com/smilesmentoring