Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.

Our vision is to help all children achieve success in life.

We will stay true to our mission - one-to-one youth mentoring, professionally supported, safe mentoring with proven, measurable outcomes. We are a performance-oriented organization striving to achieve results in terms of quality mentoring relationships, excellent efficiency and stewardship for our supporters, aggressive growth goals for the number of children served and cumulative impact for our schools and community.

Communication is our top value in order for us to create and sustain effective relationships and teamwork. We are committed to being accountable for ourselves, including our attitudes and our program results. We challenge ourselves with continuous learning and improvement. We believe that fairness is the bedrock of equal opportunity for all.

Youth today are growing up without the support and guidance they need to be successful. Without access to positive role models, they too often fall prey to the dysfunctional cycles of poverty, delinquency, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, failure and incarceration that characterize their neighborhoods and schools. Boys of color, particularly Hispanic and African American boys, face overwhelming obstacles that limit their potential. Mentoring is an evidence-based approach to addressing positive youth outcomes.

We serve youth who are struggling academically, who lack self-esteem, who have been abused, who have family members in prison, who are living in single parent homes or with grandparents, and who are living in poverty. Having access to a caring, positive role model who inspires the potential of these youth has been proven effective.