[WH Blog] The First Lady on Mentorship: "Kids Don’t Need You to be Superman. They Just Need You to be There"

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The First Lady on Mentorship: "Kids Don’t Need You to be Superman. They Just Need You to be There"

Ed. Note: January is National Mentoring Month. Visit Serve.gov to learn more about how you can get involved.

On Tuesday afternoon, First Lady Michelle Obama delivered the keynote address at the National Mentoring Summit joined by guests including Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, and Patrick Corvington, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. On the importance of mentors, The First Lady stated, "Kids don’t need you to be Superman. They just need you to be there. They need you to be someone they can count on."

First Lady Michelle Obama greets Wim Kooyker, chairman of MENTOR, and Deneen Borner, a mentee at Polished Pebbles Girls Mentoring Program, during a National Mentoring Summit at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

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