Winning Futures is a local, non-profit goal setting program for high school and middle school students. The program works with local business professionals to ensure tomorrow’s workforce is getting prepared today.  As a mentor, Michael encourages his mentees to set goals, explore careers, discover the importance of a positive attitude, and reinforces how values impact their personal successes.  Michael works with three high school students throughout the school year.

“There are few joys in life that compare to watching a student that has faced so many obstacles, recognize the power of setting a goal, or truly believing for the first time that the mission statement he or she created is a possibility. As a mentor you are never quite prepared for the moment when the hope that you have for your mentee becomes a hope of their own,” said Wacht.

As a classroom mentor, Michael combines his real life experience with caring support and encouragement that today’s teens need.  With this, he helps students stay in school and to understand the importance of education so they can have a vision and drive for their future.

For more information on Winning Futures and how you can become a mentor, visit www.winningfutures.org.