Volunteeer Army: Three Words Can Change the Life of a New York City High School Student, "You've Got Mail."
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Time Out New York
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.
