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Detroit’s Dave Bing has dedicated his life to using every available resource he can leverage, to help youth of all ages.
For those efforts, MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership honored him with a National Excellence in Mentoring Award at the National Mentoring Summit in Washington D.C.
The award honors individuals who have demonstrated a longstanding commitment to meeting the mentoring needs of young people at the national, state, or local level. The Michigan Community Service Commission (MCSC) nominated Bing for the award.
“He is a true champion of mentoring and his ideals inspire others to join the mentoring movement,” said MCSC Executive Director Ginna Holmes.
Former Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has dedicated countless hours to leveraging resources to support youth and the mentoring movement. Bing credits the “old-fashioned values” he learned growing up with his parents and the presence and positive affirmations from his high school basketball coach and mentor as the catalyst that propelled him to success. Enjoying a 16-year career in collegiate and professional basketball, Bing developed his strong belief in teamwork and responsibility, something he wanted to pay forward in life.
Bing has been incredibly active in many community organizations, devoting numerous hours per week to charity work. In 1989, he set out to raise money to maintain athletic programs in Detroit Public Schools. He was not about to give up on Detroit and he proved it by giving $500,000 of his own money. For his long-standing service work, he was awarded the National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award in 2009. In fall of 2014, a year after stepping down as mayor of Detroit after one term, he created BINGO, Boys Inspired Through Nurturing, Growth and Opportunities, a mentoring program to support boys and young men of color.
Recently, former Mayor Bing powerfully called others to follow his action.
“We give all this lip service to the problems and what we need to do for our boys, but when it comes time to help out and get engaged, it's 'Well, I'm too busy.' And you wonder why they're doing the things that they're doing,” Bing said. “Somebody helped us get where we are in life, and it's time for us to give back. I don't care how busy you are. I don't care how successful you are, how much money you've got, you've got to give time now."