January is National Mentoring Month in the USA
Posted by cotojo on January 24, 2008
I received this beautiful Award from my dear friend Sue of Blogging Sueblimely, for both this blog and my Life blog. Thank you so very much Sue, it is very humbling to receive this Award.
I had no idea that there was any such thing but now I know otherwise. I learned about this from my dear friend Sue of “Blogging Sue Blimely.” Below is what Sue mentioned in her blog post.
“This is an initiative spearheaded by the Harvard Mentoring Project of the Harvard School of Public Health, with the aim of recruiting volunteer mentors to help young people achieve their full potential. The US Harvard School of Public Health is dedicated to thanking or honoring individuals who have guided us and had a lasting impact on our lives.”
Along with it, Sue handed out an award that she had personally created for the National campaign. I was honored to be included on her list. I have placed the text award version in the sidebar on the left. It’s the very first one there.
Sue created two for us to choose from and below is the original Award with a Text Version in the sidebar which links to this post.

Sue is quite a distance away from me in the UK as she is in Australia so she posted earlier, just to be sure that we got our awards on time. The official United States date to “Thank your Mentor Day” is 24th January.
Thank you, SueBlimely! Now, please pick up YOUR Blogging Mentor award from Free PC Security! Each of you have earned this really neat award by being among the best mentor’s we have access to on the World Wide Web.
I’d like to present this to Alex of WordPress Web 2.0, for his valuable valuable input on my blog when I first started blogging.
To Pearl of Interesting Observations who has amassed a great deal of knowledge which she willingly shares with others.
To Jan Pieter of Beyond Technology for his wonderful friendship from my first days of blogging and continuous support for my blogs.
To Deborah of Life in the Fast Lane for her continued support in all that I have done and her sense of humor and honesty.
Also, I’d like to include Sandy Carlson of Writing in Faith who is a regular visitor to my blog and always says the nicest things.
You are all incredibly fantastic people as well as every bit important to our blogging achievements. You generously share your time and energy with the many bloggers who are lucky enough to cross paths with your smiling and kind hearts.































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cotojo said
Rhonda – Thank you for your visit and comment
Added your link to blogroll on both.
Take care and have a great week,
*Hugs* to you
Colin
Rhonda said
Hey gr8 site. I like this one too. I’ll be back often to visit, so I can learn some stuff! And, of course you can add me to your blogroll; I would love that *smooches*
cotojo said
Pearl – You’re most welcome my dear friend

It sure is an amazing circe of friends too, what a great bunch of illustious bloggers.
Hope that you have sorted out your pc and laptop problems, having one go awry is bad, but two is a disaster!
Have a wonderful week,
Take care and hugs to you
Coln
pearl said
I started having a lot of problems with my pc and laptop so couldn’t do much over the weekend… but this is just so wonderful to start Monday morning with such heart warming compliments!
I feel blessed and fortunate to be part of this amazing circle of friends too
have a great week guys…
*hugs*
cotojo said
Scotty’s Princess – Thank you so much for your visit and most kind comment
Hope that you find some interesting and useful tools here.
havea wonderful week,
Colin
Scotty's Princess said
WOW! This is such an awesome site! Where was I when I bloghopping? LOL… I am so happy to have come across your page today…
Have a great day ahead of you!
cotojo said
Francine – Wow little sis….Thank you so much, I will post it early next week

That is awesome
Have a wonderful weekend,
Take care,
Colin
FRANCINE said
hey bro, i have something for you here
cotojo said
Deborah – Thank you so much for your lovely comment

It is a real pleasure to be able to present this award to you too, as well as others. Sue was kind enough to award both of my blogs which was very generous of her.
Bloggers like yoursel, Sue, Kim, Pearl and many others have brought the blogosphere together in unity, and I am proud and indeed, honored, to call you all friends. Our paths crossed and we have made wonderful friendships. Thank You Deborah
Have a wonderful weekend,
Colin
Deborah said
Such an honourable award to a well deserving person such as you, Colin. Not only am I honored that you’ve bestowed this to me and the rest here, most importantly, for your sentiment and kind words.
I truly cherish you, Pearl, Kim, Sue and others very much, and I’m so glad that all of our paths crossed to earn your friendships
cotojo said
Pearl – You are most welcome my friend
Hey…we have all learned from each other, and you have provided some wonderful content which is awesome.
What great and wonderful people we meet as we travel through the blogosphere, and I’m proud to have you as my friend along with Sue, Kim, Deborah and many others.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Take care
Colin
pearl said
Hey Colin – thank you for thinking of me for the award, its a great honor to be called a blogging mentor, Im humbled ‘coz I credit you, Sue, Kim and Deborah for all the support you guys provided me when I first started out. I knew I was in good company from day one
hope you have a great weekend Colin
Pearl
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cotojo said
Alex – You are more than welcome my friend

You contribute so much to the blogging world, and we can all learn a few new tips and tricks which is awesome.
Have a wonderful day
Colin
cotojo said
Sandy – You are most welcome my dear friend, you provide so much inspiration and always leave kind comments, you deserve to be recognised
Have a wonderful day,
God Bless,
Colin
SandyCarlson said
Colin,
You are the first and last word in gracious and generous. Thanks for that. I’m honored, especially since I look to you and Sue for insights into the how-to and trends of the blogosphere! Thanks a bunch, dear friend. God bless.
freesecrets said
Colin, thanks you so much for your kind words! Quite unexpectedly but always appreciated when my little contribution to blogging world is noticed
Cheers!