January is National Mentoring Month, a month to heighten awareness in communities across the country of the value that mentoring brings to the lives of both the mentee (youth) and the mentor (adult). This is exemplified in our own community through youth-serving organizations like the Boys & Girls Club, Tahoe Youth and Family Services and SOS. Think back to someone in your life when you were growing up who became that special person. Someone who was there just for you. Someone who did not pass judgment on you. Someone who listened. A person who saw your potential and made sure …