The challenge for boys in today's world is greater than ever. Boys have too few positive role models and far too many negative examples of masculinity. Gangs, drugs, Internet pornography, and teen pregnancies compound this critical time in a young man's life. Too many good boys get caught up in a path they may not have chosen if they had a mentor to help see options, weigh consequences and make positive choices.Boys to Men Mentoring Network is a nonprofit 501(c3) corporation created to guide boys 12-17 years of age through their passage to manhood. We provide boys with mentoring and modeling so that they learn integrity, accountability, compassion and respect. We help boys develop responsibility and guide them toward healthy manhood.
Our program addresses core issues facing adolescent boys. We aim to:

• Build self-esteem
• Provide a unique and safe place where boys can interact with committed, conscientious men
• Encourage boys to be men of honor. To seek and speak the truth.
• Help boys discover and develop their individual strengths, talents and gifts.
• Mentor positive male role models
• Challenge boys to live lives of responsible action and make a meaningful impact in the world.
• Teach boys how to resolve conflicts and ask for forgiveness.
• Support boy's dreams to find a personal mission
• Praise the greatness in each boy.
• Give our boys hope, confidence and courage.

Building on the rite of passage adventure weekend RPAW, young men and their mentors come together every two weeks to play, eat, and further develop the new insights and capacities gained from the weekend.  Community groups provide the forum for ongoing education, empowerment, and support and allow the young men to continue to strengthen relationships with peers.

SB Chief of Police Cam Sanchez recently wrote:
“Youth violence issues are on the rise.  Solutions to this societal problem need to be addressed directly by strengthening the mentoring piece aggressively by placing young men in positions to have the opportunity to be assisted with life issues. I believe that the mentoring of young men by men who care and by men who see potential in these young men is critical to the development of tomorrow’s leaders and community members in a positive way. Supporting an organization like Boys to Men is critical to meeting some of the unmet needs that are prevalent today.”

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