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choices throughout their lives abc 7 morning news co-anchor kristen zee moderated one of the panelscussions at the young women's summit in october. the day-long summit offered young women professional guidance, networkingips and personal mentoring. lieutenant governor gaf o or gi newsom's wife gave the keynote address. thevent was free to students 17 to 23 and aput on by the professional businessmen of california. the lgest 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 countis. joining me is the oanization's ceo kathy bella and chair of the board of directors tom kaiser. kahy, i want to start with you. >> thank you. >> w 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-come families. about 90% of tem come from single parent or guardian households. ana significant portion of them have