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Washington, DC – In response to the increasing health needs, economic challenges and gaps in youth achievement facing low-income rural and urban communities, the Corporation for National and Community Service announced its inaugural Social Innovation Fund (SIF) grants today. The grants will target millions in public and private funds to grow effective solutions to persistent social challenges across more than 20 states.

New York – The latest technologies have overrun our society and given us indispensible tools. This is how iMentor saw it, when they decided to apply advanced technologies to mentoring.

Both George W. Bush and Barack Obama have endorsed designating January as "National Mentoring Month," and one city organization has mobilized 1,000 New Yorkers to do their part. NY1's Rebecca Spitz filed the following report.

In the late 1990s, hedge-fund manager John Griffin struggled to establish a rapport with the high-school student he was mentoring. Once he established an online correspondence with the teen, though, their relationship blossomed—and so did the idea for iMentor, a volunteer program Griffin cofounded that connects busy professionals with NYC students for one-on-one e-mail–based relationships.

Feeling like you want to mentor but just don't think yo have the time? Check our iMentor.org which is a great organization that pairs bust professionals with kids based on personal and professional experience.

The eWEEK Excellence Awards program boosts the use of technology in outreach efforts. EWEEKs Excellence Awards program not only acknowledges technology advances but also supports organizations that leverage technology to perform community outreach.

Lundquist: What advice would you offer a student asking you today about the wisdom of embarking on a technology career? Readers Respond: IT Skills for Tomorrow The deal went something like this: Apply yourself to mastering the technologies that increasingly underpin the world, and your future will be without limits.

Mr. Klein is Ronni's mentor. They meet in an untraditional place: the Internet. Mr. Klein is one of two executive directors of iMentor, a three-month-old Internet mentoring program that connects professionals with eighth-grade students at Christ the King School, a Roman Catholic school in Mount Eden, the Bronx. Its mentors, who include several people in law and finance, use e-mail to build a relationship with the students, nurture their career interests and improve their technological skills.