The Chamber of Commerce is inviting business leaders and senior managers to participate in the Mentoring Cayman programme for the 2012/2013 academic year. Mentors from all industry sectors are encouraged to submit an application.

Launched in 2002, Mentoring Cayman is a youth development initiative that has assisted more than 300 high achieving motivated high school students to become the next generation of business and community leaders.

The goals of the programme are:

• Motivate students to achieve higher results in school.
• Introduce students to potential new career paths.
• Encourage students to seek post-secondary education.
• Promote students development into competent and confident individuals.
• Develop a positive work ethic.
• Raise awareness of mentoring.

Mentoring Cayman consists of one workplace visit each month for seven months. The official launch of the programme which is under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency the Governor Duncan Taylor CBE, will take place in November with the first workplace visit scheduled for December.

Mentoring Cayman applications are available for download at www.caymanchamber.ky

Companies or persons interested in being part of, donating to, or sponsoring the Mentoring Cayman programmme should contact Tiffany Dixon-Ebanks, Programmes Manager at the Chamber of Commerce at [email protected]