The Rotsky Foundation for Mentors (www.rotskyfoundation.org), a not-for-profit, 501.c.3 foundation (#31-1516788), which has close connections with Case Western Reserve University, partners Cleveland, Ohio inner-city middle school students (protégés) with local professionals (mentors) that work in a field of interest to the student. Motivation is vital to the success of this program. This would normally be our annual silent & live auction & dinner (200 people attend) where the money we raise helps us to provide one-time freshman college scholarships ($1,000 or $1,500) to our high school seniors but with COVID-19 the past two years we have taken it online & it has helped us raise more money each year since we can reach out across the United States. The foundation is a mentoring program where the protégés (starting in the 8th grade) are matched with a Cleveland area professional/adult where they meet both in the workplace & personally. Every protégé that has stayed in the program throughout their senior year has gone on to college & the statistics for a Cleveland City School student to go to college is only 10%. The demographics of the population served by our foundation is all races & all genders in grades 8th - 12th grade.

Goal One:  To Provide Motivation for Education

Goal Two:  To Establish and Build a Positive Relationship

Goal Three:  To Provide Career Advice and Direction

Goal Four:  To Offer a Network for Success