Matilda Raffa Cuomo, Founder and Chairperson of Mentoring USA, Charles Grodin, acclaimed actor, writer and humanitarian and Bob Lee, WBLS Radio Personality, preside over the Market Close

Monday, January 16, 2007
at NASDAQ's MarketSite
in New York City.

Mentoring USA

Matilda Raffa Cuomo, Founder and Chairperson of Mentoring USA, presides over the closing bell. Joining her are Bob Lee, WBLS Radio Personality and Charles Grodin, acclaimed actor, writer and humanitarian.

Mentoring USA, founded by Matilda Raffa Cuomo in 1995, is an effective, early-intervention mentoring program to prevent school dropout. By providing mentors at schools, community centers, and foster care agencies, Mentoring USA helps children, ages 5-18, improve their self-esteem, broaden their vision of opportunities and succeed in school. The model has proven to be effective in helping a child to reach his or her full potential. When each child is matched with a trained, caring, adult volunteer mentor on a one-to-one basis, the child's grades improve, school absenteeism minimizes, and children gain new confidence and hope for the future.

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