Bush touts program mentoring prisoners’ children

    GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - President George W. Bush is thanking North Carolina volunteers who have served as mentors to children of prisoners.
    Bush met with a few children and their mentors in Greensboro on Tuesday. After meeting with them privately, Bush said the children have ambitions and goals.
    Bush visited the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Greensboro. It has worked with Youth Focus Inc., a nonprofit agency, to match 220 children of prisoners with adult mentors. The program is part of a national initiative, championed by Bush, that has provided mentors to more than 110,000 children.
    The White House used the stop to emphasize Bush’s efforts to support community groups as partners in solving problems. Bush encouraged anyone hearing about the mentoring program to consider taking part in it.