>>> FOR MANY OF US WHEN WE LOOK

AT OUR LIVES AND CAREERS OUR

SUCCESSES ARE OFTEN CONNECTED TO

A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO

HELPED GUIDE US AND SERVED AS A

ROLE MODEL.

MENTORSHIP IS AN AMAZING THING

FOR THE MENTOR AND MENTEE.

WHY DON'T WE UTILIZE THIS MORE

FOR OUR CHILDREN?

WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT ONE

TRI-STATE AREA ORGANIZATION

THAT'S SET OUT TO CREATE

MENTORING EXPERIENCES FOR GRADE

SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOLERS WITH

THE HOPE IT WILL GIVE STUDENTS

ON BOTH SIDE OF THE EQUATION THE

LIFE SKILLS THEY WILL NEED TO

SUCCEED AS ADULTS.

IT'S CALLED ROLE MODEL MENTORS.

JOINING ME ARE ITS CO-FOUNDERS.

WELCOME TO BOTH YOU HAVE.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE.

>> WHERE DID THIS IDEA COME

FROM?

>> IT WAS VERY, VERY NATURAL,

ORGANIC PROCESS.

IT STARTED IN MY HOUSE, IN MY

BACKYARD.

MY WIFE AND I WHO IS ALSO A

CO-FOUNDER, WE HAVE THREE KIDS.

HANNAH, LUKE AND FIN.

OUR OLDEST, HANNAH, LOVES SPORTS

AND LOVES LACROSSE.

I THINK WHEN SHE ENTERED MIDDLE

SCHOOL IN THE SIXTH GRADE, IT

WAS REALLY PLAIN TO US THAT SHE

NO LONGER WANTED POINTERS FROM

MOM AND DAD ABOUT HOW SHE COULD

IMPROVE.

>> FUNNY HOW OUR KIDS GET THAT

WAY?

>> IT WAS ABRUPT.

WE WERE NO LONGER COOL.

WE DECIDED TO SORT OF PIVOT.

WE ACTUALLY WENT INTO THE

COMMUNITY AND HIRED A LOCAL HIGH

SCHOOL GIRLS VARSITY PLAYER FROM

TOWN TO COME BY THE HOUSE ONCE,

TWICE A WEEK TO WORK WITH HANNAH

ON HER GAME AND MAYBE BRING HER

OUT IN TERMS OF HER PERSONALITY

AND IMPROVE HER CONFIDENCE.

ELIZA WHO IS KNOWN IN OUR

COMPANY AS THE ORIGINAL MENTOR

CAME OVER AND IT WAS MAGIC FROM

THE FIRST SESSION.

THE FIRST MINUTE OF THE FIRST

SESSION.

HANNAH ADORED HER.

LOOKED UP TO HER.

SHE WAS THE BIG SISTER SHE

DIDN'T HAVE.

HUNG ON EVERY WORD SHE HAD TO

SAY.

STARTED WEARING HER HAIR JUST

LIKE HER BUDDY.

SHE REALLY DREW HER OUT.

HER CONFIDENCE SOARED.

HER LACROSSE GAME, WHICH WAS

QUITE STRONG, GOT EVEN BETTER.

THE RELATIONSHIP EVOLVED.

THEY STARTED DOING ART PROJECTS

TOGETHER.

>> BECAME MUCH MORE THAN JUST

LACROSSE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SHE WAS HELPING HER WITH

HOMEWORK, STUDIES.

IT WAS JUST COMPLETE JOY TO

WATCH AS A PARENT.

MY WIFE AND I QUICKLY DECIDED WE

NEEDED TO GET MENTORS FOR OUR

SONS WHO HAD ECLECTIC INTEREST

IN GUITAR, SINGING, TECHNOLOGY.

WE QUICKLY FOUND SOME BOYS WHO

FIT THOSE BILLS.

THEY CAME IN TO MENTOR OUR BOYS

AND THE DYNAMIC WAS JUST LIKE IT

WAS FOR HANNAH.

WE KNEW RIGHT THERE AND THEN

THAT WE HAD SOMETHING REALLY

FORMED INTO A BUSINESS.

THAT'S AT THE CORE OF THE

COMPANY.

WE'RE ALL ABOUT CREATING THESE

WONDERFUL JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR

HIGH ACHIEVING HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENTS WHO HAVE DEMONSTRATED

SUCCESS THIS THE CLASSROOM,

ATHLETIC FIELDS, ARTS.

MATCHING THEM WITH KIDS AND CAN

BENEFIT FROM THEIR GUIDANCE,

LEADERSHIP AND PASSION.

>> DEREK, I'LL ASK YOU THIS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE SUCH A NATURAL

THING.

IT EVOLVED NATURALLY.

YET WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF THE

SITUATION WHERE YOU WOULD GET

HIGH SCHOOLERS MENTORING GRADE

SCHOOLERS OR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.

YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF COLLEGE

STUDENTS OR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

MENTORING HIGH SCHOOL PEOPLE.

WHY DO YOU THINK WE HAVEN'T SEEN

BEFORE SO MUCH OF THIS STARTING

WITH THE GRADE SCHOOLERS AND THE

MIDDLE SCHOOLERS?

OR MUSIC TEACHER.

THERE'S ADULT PROFESSIONALS THAT

OFFER THAT.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE LAST

THING AFTER A KID WANTS WHEN

THEY SPENT ALL DAY WITH ADULTS

TELLING THEM HOW TO DO THINGS IS

SPENDING ANOTHER HOUR WITH AN

ADULT DOING MATH OR SPANISH OR

LEARNING MUSIC SCHOOLS ON THE

PIANO.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES

THIS POWERFUL IS A HIGH SCHOOL

SCHOOL WHO IS COOL TO A YOUNGER

KID IS SPECIAL.

THEIR RELATEABILITY IS A BIG

DIFFERENCE.

WE TAKE A HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLAR,

HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE, MUSICIAN,

ARTIST AND WE MATCH THEM WITH A

CHILD THAT SHARES THAT PASSION.

THE SESSIONS INVOLVE ACADEMIC

SUPPORT BUT ALSO THINGS THEY

BOTH LOVE TO DO.

WHEN THEY ARE DOING THEM

TOGETHER THE ENGAGEMENT IS

DIFFERENT ANDs A RESULT THE

OUTCOMES ARE MUCH BETTER.

>> IT'S INTERESTING.

YOU MAKE THE POINT OF IT HAS

SUCH AN IMPACT ON THINGS BASED

ON WHAT WE CALL THEM.

THESE ARE NOT TUTORS.

THEY ARE ALMOST BUDDIES.

I UNDERSTAND NOW IN TALKING

ABOUT HANNAH AND YOUR FAMILY,

WHAT THE MENTEES ARE GETTING.

WHAT DO THE MENTORS GET?

THESE ARE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.

>> THEY GET A LOT.

THEY COME IN SUPER TALENTED.

THEY HAVE A LOT GOING ON.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT LIMITED

TIME SCHEDULE, GETTING THAT JOB

CAN BE EXTRA FULFILLING IS

DIFFICULT.

THE HOUR A WEEK, WE EXPECT A LOT

OF THEM.

WE HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO RUN

THEIR OWN LITTLE MICRO BUSINESS.

THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF A CLIENT.

THEY HAVE TO SCHEDULE ALL

APPOINTMENTS.

THEY HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND LISTEN

TO THEIR MENTEE AND MOM AND DAD

ABOUT WHAT THE FAMILY IS HOPING

TO GET FROM THE RELATIONSHIP.

THEY HAVE TO LOOK FOR TOOLS AND

CURRICULUM AND CRAFT A GAME PLAN

THAT WILL HELP DRIVE THE RESOLVE

AND RETAIN THAT.

A LIFE SKILL BEING AN

ENTREPRENEUR.

>> THEY'RE NOT JUST BABY SITTERS

WHO BRING WITH THEM SOME

PARTICULAR SKILLS.

>> TIMES ARE DIFFERENT NOW.

WE WERE ALWAYS HUSTLING.

WE CALLED OURSELVES THE CLAN

DIGGERS.

WE WERE ALWAYS OUT MAKING A

BUCK.

THE HIGH ACHIEVING KIDS TODAY

DON'T HAVE TIME.

THEY ARE PLAYING SPORTS YEAR

ROUND.

THEY ARE INVOLVED IN CLUBS,

DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE, THEY

ARE STUDYING.

THEY HAVE TREMENDOUS ACADEMIC

PRESSURE.

MANY WANT TO WORK AND THEIR

PARENTS WANT THEM TO WORK BUT

IT'S HARD TO WORK A FOUR-HOUR

SHIFT.

>> TO FIT IT IN WITH EVERYTHING

THAT YOU'RE DOING.

>> THE JOBS THAT ARE AVAILABLE

TO A HIGH SCHOOL KID ARE NOT THE

GREATEST JOBS.

THE JOBS THAT WE HAD WERE NOT

GREAT.

>> WE ALL DID THAT STUFF.

>> THESE KIDS HAVE SO MUCH MORE

TO OFFER.

THESE TOP STUDENTS, THESE TER

RIFF -- TERRIFIC ATHLETES HAVE

TREMENDOUS VALUE TO SOCIETY

THAT'S NOT BEEN TAPPED BEFORE.

HOW DOES IT WORK ECONOMICALLY?

I KNOW THERE ARE SCHOLARSHIP

COMPONENTS.

EXPLAIN THAT TO ME.

>> WE WANT TO MAKE IT

ACCESSIBLE.

IT TAKE A VILLAGE TO RAISE A

CHILD.

OUR BIG THING WAS BRING THE

COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

KEEP IT REALLY AFFORDABLE AND

THAT IS BECOME IT'S BEEN SO

ATTAINABLE, WE'VE HAD GREAT

SUCCESS IN THE COMMUNITIES WE'RE

IN.

DEREK YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE

SCHOLARSHIP COMPONENTS?

>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TUTORS

AND MUSIC TEACHERS.

75, $250 AN HOUR.

WE MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE AT $20 AN

HOUR.

WE WANTED TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE

ACCESSIBLE THAN THAT.

EVEN $20 AN IS A LOT OF MONEY TO

SOME PEOPLE.

MANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

DON'T WANT TO DO IT FOR THE

MONEY.

THEY WANT TO DONATE THEIR TIME.

WE MAKE THAT TIME AVAILABLE TO

THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD THOSE.

>> IT'S CALLED ROLE MODEL

MENTORS.

IT'S A MARVELOUS IDEA.

SOUNDS LIKE IT'S WORKING VERY

WELL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN

THIS PROCESS HERE.

THANK YOU FOR SPENDING SOME TIME

WITH US.

THANK YOU.