abc 7 morning news co-anchor kristen zee moderated one of the paneldiscussions at the young women's summit in october. the day-long summit offered young women professional guidance, networking tips and personal mentoring. lieutenant governor gaf o or gi newsom's wife gave the keynote address. the event was free to students 17 to 23 and aput on by the professional businesswomen of california. the largest and oldest, most effective yoh mentoring organization in the united states is big brothers big sisters, the bay area chapter was founded in 1958 and covers alameda, couldn't san francisco mateo counties. joining me is the organization's ceo kathy bella and chair of the board of directors tom kaiser. kathy, i want to start with you. >> thank you. >> why is mtoring so important? >> well, i think meantoring is important for both the mentes and our meantors. or us, we serve children who are really going through some very tough straits. most of our kids come from low-income families. about 90% of tem come from single parent or guardian households. and a significant portion of them have an incarc