Mentoring Young People | Comcast Newsmakers

Mentoring Young People - 4:16

with Jennifer Webster on Big Brothers-Big Sisters Franklin County

Posted Jul 29, 2019

For over 50 years Big Brothers-Big Sisters’ mentoring network has had direct, lasting, positive effects on the lives of young people. Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Franklin County Executive Director, Jennifer Webster tells viewers about programs; one-on-one mentoring, community-based mentoring and site-based mentoring.

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