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Guest speaker talk to campers about fearing their own potential. In addition, working hard while they are at the camp.
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Welcome To M.E.L. Inc.
The Mentoring Education & Leadership is a nonprofit organization that is committed to helping youth and families develop the necessary skills to promote self-awareness and enhance leadership potential. There is a critical need to ensure the success and survival of youth and families in urban and rural communities.

Our main objective is to provide community programs that will enhance the overall quality of life. These programs are designed to inspire, educate, and mentor youth and families, which is necessary for well-being. M.E.L Inc. will collaborate with educators, community leaders, and local agencies to reach the goal of providing quality service for youth and families.

Annual Football Camp
The Annual Carnel Smith Summer Youth Football Camp on behalf of the Mentoring, Education, & Leadership Inc. was started in 2002. The camp is held at Jesup W. Scott High School and is free to all individuals 3rd to 8th grades. Since its first year, the annual camp have had over one hundred boys participate yearly. The campers are taught basic football fundamentals, necessary social skills such as discipline, character building, respect, and responsibilities to name a few.

All the instructors are volunteers with the majority being former Scott High football players and mentees. Individuals such as Nate Washington (Pittsburgh Steelers), Willis Barringer (Michigan), Ian Townsend (Navy Academy), Robert Campbell (Findlay) and Brandon Foster (Walsh). In addition, the camp instructors are fathers of the campers as well as Junior High football coaches. [Learn More]
Mentoring Program
Our mentoring programs intends to give young men a voice to be heard as well as, address necessary social skills such as character building, discipline, work ethics, respect, responsibilities, over coming adversity; finally, the importance of education. Many of our young men are in dire need of leadership to assist them in their maturation into adulthood.

Mentoring programs have become popular as intervention strategies for at-risk youth. The goal of these programs is to establish a one-on-one relationship between at-risk adolescents and a caring adult who assists the youth in meeting academic, social, career, and personal goals. Mentoring programs fueled by the impact of positive relationships with caring adults can enhance resiliency among youth from at-risk backgrounds. In addition, a mentor may provide at-risk youth with otherwise unavailable resources. [Learn More]
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